On Nov. 4 a new president was elected and the Johnston Street Redevelopment Plan was advanced to the next level of approval. Yes! Three to five years of road construction may disrupt residential and business traffic in the heart of our community if the ...

So many people see Sen. Barack Obama as the second coming of the Messiah. He literally has them mesmerized. People watch his “performance” and listen to his rhetoric and believe everything he says without knowing or caring if it is true or not. I ...

I was delighted to see that Ann Burruss has followed my editorial views so closely (“IndBox: Just Another Empty Suit,” ...

I read Don Allen’s good article about Tyrell Fenroy (“Catch Me If You Can,” Nov. 5), and I don’t mean to ...

The article in the Sept. 17 issue of The Independent Weekly by Steven Landry was truly wonderful (“Dress for Success”) ...

Although the media and most public school texts present evolution as an incontrovertible fact, the truth — that the controversy is far from over — was obvious to a near unanimous Legislature that voted in favor of the Louisiana Science Education Act ...

Leslie Alexander writes a well-composed letter, as evidenced in her Indbox letter “Landrieu’s an empty suit” (Aug ...

Don Trahan’s resignation from the state Legislature for District 31, though welcome, is not unexpected (“The INDsider: Trahan ...

Dear Dr. Savoie, I wish you well as you begin your tenure as UL’s new president. I enjoyed reading your recent interview in The Independent (“ ...

I too am completely put off by the actions of Rickey Pitre and the School Board in Terrebonne Parish. Intelligence was not running wild on that particular set of events. And I also graduated from South Terrebonne High School in Terrebonne Parish, so it’s ...