Editorial
Care for Your Heart this February
Each year, the month of February is filled with images celebrating Valentine’s Day. The heart-focused theme doesn’t have to end on the holiday, however. February is designated “American Heart Month...
Feb 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Milo A. Nickel is the former President and COO of Louisiana State Newspapers. (PHOTO/Submitted)
And then it is winter ...
From the Internet comes the following words of wisdom, not for me but for those who may be getting a little older. Then again, it may be for me too although I don’t feel old. Here it goes: You know...
Feb 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau is the President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (www.labi.org). (IMAGE/Submitted)
Rabelais’ Will
Most Americans are believers in a social safety net that insures that basic necessities are there for those who are truly in need. Caring for the less fortunate is part of the basic fabric of Ameri...
Jan 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Do Gun Control Laws Control Guns?
The gun control controversy is only the latest of many issues to be debated almost solely in terms of fixed preconceptions, with little or no examination of hard facts. Media discussions of gun con...
Jan 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jeff Crouere
Most corrupt mayor in New Orleans history finally indicted
C. Ray Nagin, the man who was elected mayor of New Orleans as a reformer has finally been indicted by federal prosecutors after a multi-year investigation. With this 21-count indictment on bribery,...
Jan 25, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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U.S. rice sales to China becoming more likely
The possibility of selling American rice to China is becoming more likely as trade negotiations progress, according to the director of the USA Rice Federation. Talks have been under way for the pas...
Jan 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau is the President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (www.labi.org). (IMAGE/Submitted)
State of American Business
One of America’s strongest and most influential business leaders, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue, recently gave his report on the state of business in America (view it online at usc...
Jan 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Know the Facts: Sales Taxes & Income Taxes
With news outlets continuing to report on the Governor’s goal of eliminating personal and corporate income taxes, some comparisons have been made between the sales tax and the income tax, and what ...
Jan 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau is the President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (www.labi.org). (IMAGE/Submitted)
Candy and Castor Oil
I’ll make an early prediction about the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature: it won’t take long for someone to scream “Fire in the hole!” Ideologies will quickly manifest themselves, fiscal c...
Jan 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
The Role of 'Educators'
Many years ago, as a young man, I read a very interesting book about the rise of the Communists to power in China. In the last chapter, the author tried to explain why and how this had happened. Am...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Heavy rains may hurt crawfish season
As Mardi Gras gets closer, many in Louisiana look forward to consuming their favorite crustacean, the crawfish. While it is still very early in the season, there have been indicators that this year...
Jan 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mike Danna of the La. Parish Farm Bureau/The President's Column (IMAGE/Submitted)
The President's Column
Ask any farmer or rancher who’s been growing crops or raising livestock more than one season and they’ll tell you that for all the technology agriculture affords, sometimes luck is all they really ...
Jan 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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