What Republicans in Baton Rouge are learning from their New Orleans counterparts: nola.com/opinions/polit… via @nolanews

Louisiana has a complex relationship with water. But drinking water, which many of us take for granted, could be our next crisis. nola.com/opinions/drink…

A lonely cemetery. A cryptic marker. Troubled history. nola.com/opinions/grave…

Faimon Roberts's column is always a great read. His latest contemplates the unknown in a Vernon Parish cemetery. "The cemetery’s existing records don’t shed light on who might be buried there, when they died or who buried them," he writes. nola.com/opinions/grave…

New Orleans' history of prosecuting Catholic clergy child abusers is tumultuous. One who recorded himself having sex with young men at a rectory and amassed prodigious collection of child abuse imagery was acquitted of criminal charges after his defense established that he ...

The Pineville scandal is sad and disappointing. But it's easy to see where the blame lies. nola.com/opinions/pinev… via @nolanews

GO TO HELL, OLE MISS

Faimon Roberts: In the East Baton Rouge Mayor's race, all eyes are on second place nola.com/opinions/east-… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: This rural Louisiana sheriff wants to reform the way his agency works. Here's how. nola.com/opinions/faimo… via @nolanews

"Even in a relatively small sheriff's office ... the institutional culture is deeply embedded. And with that comes a host of personality conflicts, old grudges, rivalries and comfort in the way things have always been done." Always read Faimon Roberts nola.com/opinions/faimo…

Faimon Roberts: Sharon Weston Broome's ad is sign of the depths of her desperation nola.com/opinions/polit… via @nolanews

There's a dirty word in Louisiana rural politics. Here's why it shouldn't be dirty. nola.com/opinions/faimo… via @nolanews

Edifying editorial on the sad phenomenon of municipal dissolution, by Faimon Roberts Roberts in today's Times-Picayune: nola.com/opinions/faimo…

Violence in rural Tallulah in NE La prompted an unusual school measure: a book bag ban. from Elyse Carmosino nola.com/news/education… via @nolanews

.Faimon Roberts Roberts: When it came to EBR Mayor-President's race, conventional wisdom was wrong theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/op… via The Advocate

Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original nola.com/opinions/polit… via @nolanews

Faimon Roberts: Al Morella, resounding government critic, was a true Louisiana original (Faimon Roberts) nola.com/opinions/polit… via @nolanews

Here's what we know so far about the alleged Bourbon street attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar. Story w/Joseph Cranney nola.com/news/crime_pol…