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T-P Editorial: Stop the tariffs on Brazil!
By Quin Hillyer /
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Oct. 8) Now that better relations are percolating between President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva, Louisiana’s legislative delegation should urge […]
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Louisiana is over-reliant on federal largesse
By Quin Hillyer /
(Oct. 9, column as published, here, on how Louisiana gets more of its budget from the federal government than any other state does.) Full column, earlier version: Louisiana state government […]
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By all historical, logical standards, Dems are wrong on shutdown
By Quin Hillyer /
(Oct. 3) Amid the usual posturing from both parties in Congress, one side in this week’s government shutdown theater has been much more reasonable. By every historical standard, it is not […]
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RIP, Louis Lambert: Lessons from Louisiana in 1979
By Quin Hillyer /
(Oct. 2) Reporter Tyler Bridges’ excellent Sept. 28 news obituary for longtime Louisiana politician Louis Lambert brought back a flood of memories. It also served as a reminder that tiny amounts of […]
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The world must atone for rampant anti-Semitism
By Quin Hillyer /
(Sept. 28) In any honest discussion of faith in the modern world, there is no getting around this reality: One people of one faith, Jews, make up just 0.2% of the […]
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State needs to catalogue and deal with abandoned wells
By Quin Hillyer /
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 28, ever-so-slightly altered) Thousands of abandoned oil wells or platforms dot the waters off Louisiana’s coasts, creating hazards the state isn’t doing enough to […]
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The best expert says Ukraine is winning
By Quin Hillyer /
(Sept. 21) Never mind all those American news reports that Russian drone attacks are successfully weakening Ukraine and frightening Poland. The reality is that Ukraine actually is winning its defensive, existential […]
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Cafe Reconcile turns 25, teaches job skills
By Quin Hillyer /
(Sept. 18) Look, up in Central City! It’s a job training center. It’s life-skills development. It’s a neighborhood redevelopment catalyst. It’s a really, really good restaurant. And now this Super-organization is […]
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Editorial: Saints need to sign the Dome lease already
By Quin Hillyer /
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 21) In football, almost the worst mistake imaginable is a fumble on the one-yard line. Yet, as the negotiations grind on to extend the Saints […]
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Don’t blame all of “them” for the awful murder of Kirk
By Quin Hillyer /
(September 11) Note: The published version of this column is here. What follows is an earlier, unedited draft, but in full. Calm down, everybody. The murder of conservative organizer Charlie […]