Explaining ‘Yardi Gras’ to a national audience
(Feb. 4) Not even a pandemic can contain the whimsically celebratory spirit of Mardi Gras. In Mobile, Alabama, where Mardi Gras in North America was born, and in New Orleans […]
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Random collection of Hillyer pieces
In these unrelated,random posts, please follow the links embedded in the headlines in order to read the full articles. Biden is way out of line against a late Trump appointee […]
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Explaining my job as an opinion journalist
I posted this lengthy piece at Facebook about a month ago. I post it here, too, for those who don’t understand why I don’t remain on one political “team.” I’ll […]
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Before Christmas, seeing hope
(Dec. 22) What the whole country is experiencing in these last days before Christmas has the same feel as what New Orleanians felt just before Christmas 15 years ago, less […]
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Trump should pardon this Florida billionaire
(Dec. 7) As speculation mounts about a slew of pardons coming from President Trump in his final five weeks in office, it’s worth renewing my suggestion that Florida businessman James […]
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Kurt Russell tells actors to stop spouting off
(Dec. 3) We’ve all become so accustomed by now to Hollywood actors spouting off about politics that it shocks us when a big star spouts off against Hollywood politicking. That’s […]
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Marriage and divorce rates BOTH are down
(Nov. 12) Trends on marriage in America appear to have become one of those (Champagne) glass-half-full propositions. The empty part of the glass is a continued decline in the rate […]
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Vets Day thoughts on how to improve the VA
(Nov. 11) The United States is doing a better job of taking care of its veterans than it was seven or eight years ago, but it’s still not doing well […]
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U.S. government should not support ‘Islamic Relief’ group
(Nov. 12) The nominally anti-Islamist Trump administration has continued to finance and partner with a group called Islamic Relief Worldwide that is under furious fire in Europe for rampant anti-Semitism […]
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Criminal probe of John Bolton is abuse of Justice
(Sept. 15) The Justice Department’s move to open a criminal investigation into the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir sends a chilling signal to all people who […]
