Once upon a time if someone had suggested abolishing the office of Lt. Governor in Louisiana they would have been laughed out of the state.

It seems that everyone is in the mood to party thanks to the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl victory and the Mardi Gras season. What a great time this month is to be alive in Louisiana and enjoying all the festivities.

With all the excitement and hoopla over the Saints’ Super Bowl win Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts, the election of Mitch Landrieu as Mayor of the City of New Orleans came off as a low key event.

At last, the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl champions, believe it or not.

It’s hard to escape Super Bowl fever in South Louisiana this year. The New Orleans Saints are in the game, something most Bayou State residents thought might never happen in their lifetime.

Congratulations. If you are living in Ascension Parish, you live in the fastest growing parish in Louisiana.

When we bid farewell Dec. 31 to the cruel, major events of the new millennium, from 9/11 to the recession to global warming and eight years of war, we might have figured the damned decade would retreat a bit, cut some slack, and allow time for us to catch our breath, smell the roses, enjoy the beauty of life.

It looks like long-suffering New Orleans Saints fans can finally shrug of a less-than-stellar 43-year heritage that features more lows than highs.

If you’ve never been to Louisiana, sucked a crawfish head, booed for the Saints, cheered for the bums and cried like a baby when they choked yet another game, we’ll forgive you.

While many are breathing a sigh of relief that we are in the midst of somewhat of a downturn in the H1N1 flu pandemic, it is important to remember that these viruses are notoriously unpredictable.

Legendary director James Cameron’s “Avatar” has raised the bar when it comes to movies.

The 7.0 Haitian earthquake in Port-au-Prince has stunned the world with its savage quickness and terrible loss of life.

One thing is very different about 2010 when compared to 2009 – it’s a lot colder.

We all know rock & roll entered mainstream white America in Memphis in the 1950s when Elvis Presley released “Good Rockin’ Tonight.”