Editorial

VILLAGE IDIOT

My friends Ellen and Gary just got back from a cruise to the Caribbean. They were tanned and relaxed.

LOUISIANA SPOTLIGHT

With continued struggles to stabilize Louisiana’s finances, lawmakers are turning more toward the state constitution, blaming its rigidity for years of budget woes.

The Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health has recently launched an online service which provides Louisianans easy access to test privately-owned water wells for biological contamin

Democrats are strongly united around their fear and loathing of Donald Trump. Party loyalists give him a 7 percent approval rating in the latest Gallup poll.

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend is a recovering drug addict. About a year ago, he was in a bad place in his life and was in a downward spiral.

It’s painfully obvious that this country has a drug problem.

Last week there was the story of the Chinese journalist, Liang Xiangyi,

Fifty years ago this weekend, the focus of the Vietnam War dramatically changed. Many Americans were skeptical of why the war was necessary.

With the increase in school shootings and mass shootings around the country, several things are being blamed for the motives and ideas behind these tragic events.

tHe WaY i see it

Ibelieve that heroes are not born but made through circumstance. However, not everyone in the circumstance will become the hero.