Vulgar to virtue: A case study
(Nov. 15) The degraded nature of public discussion these days surely owes much to people feeling as if they aren’t being heard when they try to speak up respectfully. Last […]
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What Manchin and Sinema should learn from Nancy Reagan
(Nov. 19) It’s time for Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to end the drama. When it comes to President Joe Biden’s reckless, inflationary spending bill, the two somewhat centrist […]
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Re: Rittenhouse. Please no riots or racial rigmarole
Two columns related to the Rittenhouse case, both written before the verdict came in. Rittenhouse is not worth a riot (Nov. 16) No matter what the jury decides in the […]
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Mitch Landrieu is decent choice to oversee infrastructure
(Nov. 15) All things considered, President Joe Biden’s appointment of Louisianan Mitch Landrieu as infrastructure coordinator at the White House is pretty solid. Conservatives may not like that Landrieu, who […]
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Biden is pushing hideous court cases
Two columns on Biden’s mischief in federal court cases. Judge tells feds to keep hands off state tax policies (Nov. 17) President Joe Biden continued his losing streak in federal […]
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GOP Leader McCarthy shoudn’t reward awful behavior
(Nov. 19) House leaders in both parties are acting like ill-behaved pre-adolescents in their squabbling about committee assignments. The most unconscionable entry into the race to the bottom came Thursday […]
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In memory of New Orleans original Ben C. Toledano
(Nov. 11, the New Orleans Advocate/Times-Picayune) Ben C. Toledano, who died Nov. 6 at age 89, was for nearly two decades one of the most prominent citizens in New Orleans, […]
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Twitter-banned, live on Saturday night
(Nov. 1) Twitter, you ignorant slut. The randomness, humorlessness, and cultural tone-deafness of Twitter’s censors is a sight (or maybe a site?) to behold. My Twitter account has been suspended […]
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University of Austin will do college right
(Nov. 9) The best news in academia in a long, long time came with this week’s announcement that distinguished scholars and thinkers are founding a new university “fully committed to […]
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Even Trump’s weak executive privilege claims merit consideration
(Nov. 11) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit did the right thing Thursday afternoon in granting a brief hold on the forced release of Trump administration documents […]
