Race for LA Governor Raises the Undead
by Quin Hillyer A year ago, the Louisiana Democratic party seemed as dead as its allegedly habitual voters from New Orleans cemeteries. Yet with a governor’s race quickening to its […]
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Fascinating Fiorina: The Interview
by Quin Hillyer When people first watch and listen to presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, they sense that she is both tough and seemingly fearless, and they like it. And they […]
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Sunday Reflections, Nov. 8
The readings are taken from Track Two, here. Frankly, I’m not sure why the reading from Hebrews is included, because it doesn’t seem to fit thematically with the others. But […]
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Roundup, Nov. 10: Lotsa Really Good Stuff!
New E-Mails: Benghazi Story Continues to Unravel, by Helle Dale (who, by the way, is brilliant and incomparably friendly); A Federal Judge Refuses to Stop a Jim Crow-Like Election in […]
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Fire Rob Ryan
Sean Payton has an obese mess on his hands, and if he doesn’t do something about it, he will show he clearly has lost his edge. Payton should fire Rob […]
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All Saints Day: The Football Version
Don’t mess with the New Orleans Saints on All Saints Day or All Souls’ Day. The Saints were of course officially born on All Saints Day of 1966. It was […]
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Guest column: Why Al Gore Hates Isoprene
by Steve Stone Al Gore must hate isoprene. That stuff just threw the biggest wrench of all into all his years-long blathering about global warming, global climate change, or whatever […]
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Sunday Reflections: All Saints, and Psalm 24
The Episcopalian and Catholic lectionaries, which often coincide, happen to differ substantially this week — except for Psalm 24, which is common to both today. All the readings, in both […]
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How Boehner Got His Groove On
by Quin Hillyer As John Boehner this week steps down as Speaker of the House, it’s worth telling the never-reported tale of how Boehner first got on the House Republican […]
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A Truly Awful Budget Deal
By Quin Hillyer This budget deal is an abomination. It must be defeated. I write that as somebody who once served on the House Appropriations Committee staff. And as somebody […]
