(March 5) Redemptions come in different sizes and guises. Politics included. Tommy Gaudet was a cousin of sorts — the adoptive son of the second husband of my widowed great-aunt. Two decades older than I am, he wasn’t around much when I was a kid. At age ... See more
Gulf Coast Politics Louisiana nursing home protection racket must end It's time to create more beds, plus let the market work (March 8) If you have an elderly parent with health needs requiring nursing home care, but you live in a parish with no nursing h... See more
Gulf Coast Politics EDITORIAL: Murrill is right to investigate ankle monitor failures If nobody is monitoring the 'monitors,' somebody should be fired (Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, March 4) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill rema... See more
If you have an elderly parent with health needs requiring nursing home care, but you live in a parish with no nursing home beds available, well … tough luck. That, essentially, is the reality of a cruelly wrongheaded state law in Louisiana which doesn’t j... See more
Redemptions come in different sizes and guises. Politics included. Tommy Gaudet was a cousin of sorts — the adoptive son of the second husband of my widowed great-aunt. Two decades older than I am, he wasn’t around much when I was a kid. At age 84, he die... See more