opinion/editorials

Santa letters hold special meaning

Inside today’s paper you will find our annual “Letters to Santa” sections. As usual, the sections are packed…

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Fiscal compromise is necessary

Even as a potentially catastrophic deadline looms, Republicans and Democrats continue to play footsy with taxpayers’ dollars, clashing…

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Another benefit to shopping locally

Shop local. This phrase, once merely a plea from mom-and-pop stores feeling the squeeze from national retailers, has…

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Time for Comcast to deliver

St. John the Baptist Parish Council members have been listening to what they say are promises and commitments…

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Getting vaccinated a no-brainer

Congestion. Fever. Aches and pains. Whenever someone starts to feel these symptoms during the fall and winter months,…

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Storm season sirened changes

Yesterday residents of the Gulf Coast and the East Coast of the United States all breathed a collective…

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River Parishes football never disappoints

And then there was one. West St. John is the final team remaining from the River Region in…

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Working on Thanksgiving not unheard of

Black Friday, shoppers’ annual gluttonous safari spanning shopping malls and just about any outlet with a cash register,…

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Thank God for Christmas bargains?

Thanksgiving—the smell of turkey roasting, the parades on TV, the warmth of family around the dinner table, giving…

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Impact not always immediate

An anniversary of a milestone event that forever altered the landscape of a broad swath of rundown property…