Louisiana delegation must stand up for Ukraine
(Column by Quin Hillyer, Feb. 24) Eleven years to the week after Russian forces moved to steal Crimea from Ukraine, three years to the day after Russia began its murderous […]
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Radioactive gypsum: The right conservative response
(Column by Quin Hillyer, Feb. 23 in print) Even conservatives should recognize that the federal government, in certain circumstances, has an important role in basic scientific research. When millions and […]
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Editorial: Warnings on making flotsam of gypsum
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Feb. 20) Significant public concern should attend the news that state regulators are allowing Mosaic Fertilizer in St. James Parish to expand its already-massive mound of slightly radioactive […]
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New Orleans should not be a ‘sanctuary city’
( Feb. 16) By practicing “sanctuary city” policies, or close approximations thereof, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and other area officials are playing a foolish and dangerous game. On […]
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Gov. Landry chooses barbarity in death-by-nitrogen
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Feb. 16) It is with deep sadness and a sense of disgust we see that after decades Louisiana will restart executions of its death row […]
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Hillyer and Grace: On Bill Cassidy, Agonistes
(Feb. 13) Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy faced the hardest — and most closely watched — decision of his political life over whether to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s highly controversial nominee […]
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Bill Cassidy hurt the country and hurt his own brand, too
(February 5) In voting for President Donald Trump’s most outlandish executive branch nominees, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana blew it. For the electorally pressured Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, doing the […]
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‘Back to Basics’ helps Louisiana’s education system
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Feb. 5) The hundreds of thousands of Super Bowl visitors to Louisiana already know they are coming to a cultural and entertainment mecca, but they […]
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Idea of de-nationalizing FEMA is just dumb
[Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Feb. 2) The congressional delegation from Louisiana, of all places, should be wary of suggestions that the federal government should withhold relief for natural disasters […]
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When home is Louisiana, yes, you can return
(Feb. 1) Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though, said, “There’s no place like home.” Wolfe was wrong and […]
