Rep. Boustany: No Immigration Reform This Year
Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of Louisiana just finished an editorial board meeting with the Baton Rouge Advocate. I asked him about the prospects for immigration reform this year, in […]
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Advocate Editorial: Obama Team Acted from Political Motives
At the Quin-essential blog at the Advocate, I explain that even in an editorial largely critical of Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, the editorialists bolsters my central point that an Obama […]
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Obama Aims at Jindal, Hurts Innocent Louisianans
In my latest column at National Review Online, I blast the president for his administration’s disapproval of an innovative new Louisiana program involving leasing out the state’s charity hospitals to […]
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A Strong Will Gores the Core
One well-known conservative who, while nobody’s idea of a liberal, is also nobody’s idea of a radical, is columnist George Will. Indeed, Will virtually defines the “rational right.” The other […]
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Mitch Landrieu’s Second Term Outlook
When Mitch Landrieu was inaugurated for a second term yesterday, he rightly celebrated a real renaissance in and of New Orleans. In my entire life, the city has never looked […]
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Scalise advances with energy
There’s a later column begging to be written about how Louisiana’s U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, has quietly become one of the most influential members of the entire House of […]
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Jindal jujitsu, budget bust — or both?
Back in 1989, I was junior-most of a four-person team running a statewide campaign to create a coastal wetlands trust fund. So, when I heard the Jindal administration was raiding […]
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Cheap Shots in Alabama
Things are getting nasty, all from one direction, in what otherwise has been a mostly positive but vigorously contested Republican primary battle for a House seat in a deep-red district […]
