Change of Plans We all make our Christmas plans usually way in advance of the holiday season. We eagerly count down the days until we host the festive holiday party, the family get together, or travel out of town....
Health care reform winners and losers By Mike Reitz President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana This year’s mid-term elections produced a new set of winners and losers, and with the dramatic shift in power that occurr...
THE PLOT LINE IS VERY PREDICTABLE I have seen this movie before, several times. Oil and gas prices spike, pouring revenues into the state’s coffers. The money hardly makes it there before it is spent. If there isn’t time to spend i...
The Politics of Resentment Few things have captured in microcosm what has gone so painfully wrong, where racial issues are concerned, like the recent election for mayor of Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, under whom the...
Unemployment Trust Fund Balancing Act As it must every year, the Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) met last week to estimate what Louisiana’s unemployment compensation (UC) trust fund balance will be next year. Whenever the REC proj...
Guest Column: It’s all about Bobby September 10, 2010…This week, Governor Bobby Jindal was given multiple opportunities to make an endorsement in the race for U.S. Senate. In each instance, he refused to support fellow Republican U....
Political Fables President Barack Obama boldly proclaims, "The buck stops here!" But, whenever his policies are criticized, he acts as if the buck stopped with George W. Bush. The party line that we are likely to ...
Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should Is this a dream? If you pay close attention to the current political, economic, and social metamorphosis that is well underway in our country, you must feel confused or disoriented, at times. Our ...
Guest Column: Dispersants—Health Threat or Red Herring? HOUMA — Many of the obvious signs of the BP oil spill are gone, but some locals remain worried about what they can’t see. Millions of gallons of chemicals were sprayed onto the spill to disperse t...
Ideas are not enough Campaign season has begun. And whether they are running for Mayor of Shreveport, or for Richland Parish School Board, Mayor of Crowley, or U.S. Senate, each candidate is communicating their ideas. ...
