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NEW YORK The Times of Shreveport, La., announced that it's keeping controversial conservative columnist Ann Coulter. But Executive Editor Alan English didn't sound too enthusiastic about it. "I'm not so sure we'll keep Coulter's column for the long haul, but she'll remain a Sunday Times columnist for now," English wrote yesterday. "Just as you choose to read any column or story, including this one, you can choose to read her diatribes and be entertained by her rhetoric -- or not." The Times received nearly 500 e-mails after Editorial Page Editor Craig Durrett announced early last month that the paper was...

The Truth Matters No more making things up Tuesday provided yet another of at least three egregious examples in the past weeks of Kathleen Blanco simply making up allegations out of thin air, and then offering no proof or substantiation to back up her allegations. The latest example came in today’s Times Picayune, when Kathleen Blanco “was unable to produce evidence” and “offered conflicting explanations” about her allegations that “Republican truth squad" television ad was airing and attacking her. The three known egregious examples are: 1) On Sunday’s statewide television debate, Blanco attacked Jindal by asserting that he had aired...

Bobby Jindal for governor Louisiana shouldn''t settle for less Posted on November 2, 2003 Boiled down to the basics, the 2003 gubernatorial election isn't as much of a campaign as it is a job interview. Voters will be hiring the person who will lead the state for the next four years. To be the right job candidate takes specific leadership skills: vision, salesmanship, tact and tenacity. The best political experience is more than mere existence in government. It's a track record of accomplishment that counts. The right candidate will lead a corporation rich with resources, but weighted down with years...