Please start a Jim Bradshaw column in your fine newspaper (“Forced Out” Jan. 7). Without Bradshaw, The Daily Agitator is dead, dead, dead. Rigor mortis ...

The Advertiser was an awful paper long before Gannett bought it (“Chain Reaction,” Jan. 21). Its shameless biases, incompetent reporting, indifference to ...

Several weeks ago, I waited anxiously for the Sunday edition of The Daily Advertiser to come. We were supposed to get a paper with more than one section. That happened, in a fashion. The four sections amounted to nothing. A total of 28 pages and 17 of ...

I was so impressed by your article about Gannett (“Chain Reaction,” Jan. 21). As always, Leslie Turk’s writing covers all sides of the story. I always ...

I have been sitting quietly watching matters unfold regarding the “Oui, On Peut” video even after the election (“All for a Song,” Jan. 21). Why some ...

It is apparent to me that the so called “Native Cajun Musicians for Free Speech” are not in fact promoting the U.S. Constitution but their own biased centuries old prejudices (“ ...

I wish to express my thanks to R. Reese Fuller and The Independent for your acknowledgment of Acadiana’s strong showing in this year’s annual awards from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (“ ...

In the Jan. 14 issue of The Independent, Publisher Steve May penned a LeadOff editorial titled “La.’s creationism ‘junk science’ law nearing implementation,” which attacks Gov. Bobby Jindal’s support of new guidelines that would allow a balanced ...

Upon hearing yesterday of the increase in rates in the Lafayette paratransit bus system, I was appalled. This bus service carries the city’s disabled from one scheduled destination to another for a rate of 50 cents each way. On Oct. 7, Lafayette’s ...

In regards to the Independence Bowl controversy (“Who’s to blame for UL’s bowl snub?” Dec. 17, 2008) you mentioned that Louisiana Tech didn’t want to play UL Lafayette in this year’s Independence Bowl for fear of “likely getting beat.” ...