In the aftermath of the successful mission by the elite Navy Seal Team 6 to kill Osama Bin Laden, President Obama started to claim that “Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat.” Others in his administration boasted that the tide was turning against the terrorists in their struggle against the West.

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– Industry and University representatives from around the state gathered Tuesday to discuss the topic of Next Generation Energy Technology at the Fourth Annual Industry­‐- Academia Workshop.

Many conservatives believe that Barack Obama is the worst President since the hapless Jimmy Carter. Now we have the economic data to verify such sensible assertions.

Southern Media and Opinion Research (SMOR) has come out with its latest survey on Governor Bobby Jindal (R-La) and Senator Mary Landrieu.  The survey shows Gov. Jindal with an approval rating of 38% while U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) has an approval rating of 56% with just 12% giving her an excellent rating.

The annual pre-legislative session SMOR poll has been released today by Bernie Pinsonat and it does not look pretty for at least one of our state’s heretofore most popular elected officials--

Today, the typical American family is struggling with a poor economy, weak job prospects and high gas prices.

In the aftermath of another stinging presidential election defeat, it took very little time for certain Republican politicians to begin laying the groundwork for the 2016 campaign.

Yesterday, in a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked why the federal minimum wage was not $22 per hour.

As Americans face a variety of problems around the globe: financial crisis in Europe, mounting debt here at home, tensions in Asia between China and its neighbors over remote islands, threats of war between North and South Korea, violence in Kashmir a troubled region between India and Pakistan, and Islamic violence throughout Africa, and uncontrolled violence in central America, we have to ask ourselves, What is our role in all of this? 

U. S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) inspired millions of Americans this week with his courageous 13 hour filibuster of the President’s nomination of John Brennan as CIA Director.