Data centers and spaceports have upset many Louisianans. We are stepping into places we have never been, and that frightens a lot of us. Is Elon Musk a shyster who will drain us for his own gain, or a builder who can help lead Louisiana forward?
We can stay what we have always been: a charming place to visit. Great food, friendly people, swamps and marshes, hunting and fishing. America loves to come here. Too few want to stay.
Our children finish college and leave before the ink dries on their diplomas. Our land is washing away so fast that Baton Rouge could sit on the Gulf in a geographic blink…