The results of the Oct. 24 election and the deepening oil woes of Lafayette have me feeling youthful, which isn’t necessarily a good thing ...
The governor wannabe reaches lazily for the low-hanging fruit, promising to drug test welfare recipients — a policy that stigmatizes the poor, wastes taxpayer money and produces negligible results ...
An unexpected surprise landed on my desk recently, reminding me of a father whose humility matched his talent ...
Lower the Confederate battle flag — from the official places of reverence across the Deep South, from your front porch and the back window of your pickup, from your bumpers and dorm rooms and belt buckles and ball caps ...
Contemporary Lafayette will either pay for its 20th century growth or pass the cost to our kids and grandkids ...
Eric Abshire and Seth Fontenot have at least two things in common: They’re both killers and object lessons in American exceptionalism ...
We’ve been working on the new site for months in concert with Wehaa, a Wisconsin web-hosting company that is bringing innovation, accessibility and reader engagement to alternative media like us ...
Our new website debuts today. [Editor's Note (10:29 a.m., Monday, Dec. 1): As with all things complicated and digital, the switch-over to our new site is requiring some tinkering on the web-hosting end. The new site should be operable this afternoon ...
It's possible. Photo by Robin May On the evening of Nov. 5, Lafayette Superintendent Pat Cooper may well have "former" affixed to his title (it will still be unofficial, of course, as he's likely to challenge his dismissal) ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
