Columnists

August 6, 2013

Tales of two children

Two disturbing stories appear in this issue of the newspaper, both involving children. One has to do with crimes committed at the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention […]
August 6, 2013

How to help fast-food workers

Doubling the minimum wage may seem like a good way to help fast-food workers, but it would hurt them instead. So what should we do? We […]
August 13, 2013

A fitting tribute

It’s always the quiet ones, the people who can work behind the scenes to make stuff happen, who never get enough credit and never seem to […]
August 20, 2013

Tragedy triggers a mission

Arlanda Williams was driving to work last Wednesday, to the Terrebonne Parish School District office, with a lot on her mind. There was the work at […]