Gulf Coast Politics
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T-P Editorial: Stop the tariffs on Brazil!
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Oct. 8) Now that better relations are percolating between President Donald Trump and Brazilian President…
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Louisiana is over-reliant on federal largesse
(Oct. 9, column as published, here, on how Louisiana gets more of its budget from the federal government than any…
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By all historical, logical standards, Dems are wrong on shutdown
(Oct. 3) Amid the usual posturing from both parties in Congress, one side in this week’s government shutdown theater has been…
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RIP, Louis Lambert: Lessons from Louisiana in 1979
(Oct. 2) Reporter Tyler Bridges’ excellent Sept. 28 news obituary for longtime Louisiana politician Louis Lambert brought back a flood of memories.…
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The world must atone for rampant anti-Semitism
(Sept. 28) In any honest discussion of faith in the modern world, there is no getting around this reality: One people…
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State needs to catalogue and deal with abandoned wells
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 28, ever-so-slightly altered) Thousands of abandoned oil wells or platforms dot the waters off…
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Editorial: Saints need to sign the Dome lease already
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 21) In football, almost the worst mistake imaginable is a fumble on the one-yard…
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Don’t add racial divisiveness to NOLA mayoral campaign
(September 10) The full column as published is at this link. What follows is an earlier, unedited draft, in full. When…
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City Council should NOT try to seize the public’s Trust
(Sept. 4) Legal cases can involve dizzying complications. Regarding a New Orleans case involving millions of dollars for public benefit, however,…
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Walter Isaacson celebrates the Declaration
(Sept. 7) As we approach next year’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we should better understand, be grateful for,…
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