Why Bobby Jindal should run HHS
(Oct. 26, The Advocate/Times-Picayune) If Bobby Jindal is under consideration to be Secretary of Health and Human Services in a new Donald Trump presidency, he could be Trump’s star appointment. […]
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Louisiana needs flat tax and fiscal reform
(Sept. 29, the Advocate/Times-Picayune) If Louisianans are tired of finishing near the bottom of every rating of civic health, they should buy into major reforms. In proposals within the last […]
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Nice guys can win. A look back at Reagan in New Orleans
(Aug. 15) Let me take you back to another Aug. 15 so as to put to bed a meme prevalent on the Right today — namely, the idea that the […]
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On ‘smaller’ issues, some senators are making progress
(Aug. 13) Even if the political branches of the federal government are dysfunctional or counterproductive on most big, public issues, Congress actually is making bipartisan progress on a surprising array […]
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What the elder Bush’s comeback teaches us today
(Aug. 14) Thirty-six years ago today, Republican presidential campaign manager Lee Atwater was in a ragingly foul mood as he awaited the next day’s start of the Republican National Convention. […]
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Hovering hurricane hellishness
(Aug. 16) MOBILE, Alabama — The dread, unspoken but real, starts growing along the Gulf Coast at this time of year. The dread isn’t helped when the first sentence of […]
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Nixon’s exit at 50, seen from two angles
Two columns, from very different standpoints, related to the 50th anniversary of President Nixon resigning from office. To read each full column, follow the link embedded in each headline. Speechwriter […]
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Carville and Hillyer, writing together: Yes, there are things to agree on
(July 4) As a lifelong liberal (James) and a lifelong conservative (Quin), we have been on opposite sides of almost every election in memory. There are things on which we […]
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In a Louisiana-based case, Justice Barrett harms free speech
[June 29, The Advocate/Times-Picayune] In a decision written by Louisiana native Amy Coney Barrett overruling lower-court judges from the state, on a case whose main plaintiff was a local anti-vaccine […]
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Court blocks Biden’s transgender locker room mandate
(June 14) The Biden administration suffered a well-deserved defeat, albeit only an interim one, in its effort to make federal law favor transgender ideology ahead of the rights of biological […]
