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Louis R. Avallone Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should
Is this a dream? If you pay close attention to the current political, economic, and social metamorphosis that is well underway in our country, you must feel confused or disoriented, at times. Our ...
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Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI) The Public/Private Compensation Gap
High salaries in some government agencies in Louisiana have been in the news lately as the state prepares to deal with a massive budget shortfall next spring. The whole issue of public sector vers...
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Thomas Sowell Medical Care Facts and Fables
There is so much political spin, and so many numbers games being played, when it comes to medical care, that we have to go back to square one and the simplest common sense, in order to get some ra...
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Thomas Sowell Dismantling America
“We the people” are the familiar opening words of the Constitution of the United States— the framework for a self-governing people, free from the arbitrary edicts of rulers. It w...
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Louis R. Avallone Kim Kardashian “Totally Fine” On Her Own
Nation Breathes Sigh of Relief as Vienna Girardi Starts Dating Again Okay. I admit it. I did not already know that Snooki had recently been arrested for disorderly conduct in New Jersey last month...
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Thomas Sowell Cheering Immaturity
A graduating senior at Hunter College High School in New York gave a speech that brought a standing ovation from his teachers and got his picture in the New York Times. I hope it doesn’t go ...
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Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI) Senate Races are coming into focus
The House and Senate elections in November are going to say a lot about the mood of the voters and the outlook for national politics going forward. Republicans are widely expected to perhaps secur...
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Louis R. Avallone It may not be Obama’s fault: "Sudden wealth syndrome" may be to blame
Much has been written (and spoken) that is highly critical of President Obama’s choices, from economic policies to the number of vacation days he has spent. However, much of this criticism m...
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Thomas Sowell Man bites dog? How about Democrats bite Democrats?
You expect Republican politicians to criticize Democratic administrations and vice versa. But when Democrats start criticizing Democratic administrations, that is news. Someone once said that the ...
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Dan Juneau, President La. Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI) 2011: A Year of Definition for State Fiscal Policy
Perhaps our state government could ease its budget problems by charging admission for people to attend the war over the budget that will be the focus of the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature...
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Thomas Sowell How Smart Are We? Many wonderful-sounding ideas fail disastrously
Many of the wonderful-sounding ideas that have been tried as government policies have failed disastrously. Because so few people bother to study history, often the same ideas and policies have bee...
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John N. Kennedy, State Treasurer of Louisiana State must get control of skyrocketing health care delivery costs
The state’s health care delivery system costs taxpayers over $7 billion a year. This is expected to grow by $7.1 billion over the next 10 years because of new federal health care legislation. In o...
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