I just had to drop you a line for this one. I am generally a pretty big fan of Dege Legg’s writing, but this subject matter particularly warms my heart, as I know it does many others. Skating definitely had not peaked culturally in a timely enough manner ...

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel recently stated this about President Barack Obama’s presidency, “I hope he is successful in some things and messes up in others.” (“The INDsider: What Durel meant to say,” Jan. 16.) How many ways ...

Does Michael Steele, the new Republican National Committee chairman who mimics the message of change but claims bipartisanship is overrated, speak for the GOP? Or Rush Limbaugh, who says to Joe-the-Jobless, “I hope he [Obama] fails”? Or Sarah Palin ...

I am puzzled by what appears to me to be blatantly unfair business practices freely used by Asian owned and run nail parlors. I have been to at least four different Asian nail parlors during the last 15 years and am amazed to note that each and every ...

I am sorry to read of Mr. Hal Pommier’s bad experience with Catahoula’s on Pinhook Road (“IndBox: Catahoula’s Runaround ,” Feb. 3), but wish to point ...

Last year was a year of much progress by our governor and Legislature to improve the perception of Louisiana. Genuine progress was made in ethics reform, workforce development, funding for transportation infrastructure and coastal restoration, and tax ...

As an independent restaurant owner in South Louisiana it’s difficult enough to conduct business every day knowing that you can’t please everyone, but you still strive no matter what the situation. As the chef and owner of Catahoula’s in Grand ...

I was totally insulted by the abject rudeness of your zoning consultant, Dr. Denis Ehrhardt, at the recent public hearing on the proposed zoning ordinance (“The INDsider: ...

Tigers are designed by nature to roam far and wide, to seek out mates, to hunt and claim territory (“Cat Fight ,” Feb. 4). Captivity is a living hell for ...

George Graham wrote a letter to the editor (Jan. 21) in response to Publisher Steve May’s Jan. 14 “LeadOff: La.’s creationism ‘junk science’ law nearing ...