The Fourth of July supersedes bad politics
(July 4) Independence Day is such a favorite holiday of mine that when this nation had its bicentennial celebration in 1976, I told my father I wanted to live to 112 […]
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T-P/Advocate editorial: Court messed up redistricting
(Official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial, July 1) In the seemingly interminable turmoil over Louisiana’s congressional district shapes and boundaries, the U.S. Supreme Court left Louisiana in limbo last week. Rather than issuing a decision […]
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Will Sutton: Only Clarence Thomas had wisdom on redistricting
(Column by my colleague Will Sutton, July 6) The U.S. Supreme Court kept millions of Louisianans — and millions more across the nation — waiting for one of the most […]
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George Will: Supreme Court messes up redistricting case
(By George Will, originally in the Washington Post, July 2) Sixty years ago this summer, Congress enacted the nation-transforming Voting Rights Act. Soon, however, Congress and a deferential Supreme Court, by […]
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AG Murrill’s suit against CVS threatens 1st Amendment
(June 29) At least one of the three lawsuits that Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has filed against the CVS drugstore chain is not just wrongheaded but constitutionally dangerous. She […]
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Charles C.W. Cooke in NR: NYC’s socialist-candidate nightmare
(Column by Charles C.W. Cooke in National Review Online, June 25) I did not think that Democratic primary voters in New York City would choose a socialist to be their mayoral […]
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Stephanie Grace: Sen. Cassidy gave us this RFK problem
(Column by Stephanie Grace, June 14) Give U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy credit for this: He usually doesn’t hide from questions. He invites them, in fact, and generally tries to make a […]
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Matt Lewis: Hot take: ICE agents shouldn’t wear masks
(Column by Matt K. Lewis, June 25) “Who was that masked man?” If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember that line from “The Lone Ranger” — a weekly morality […]
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LA congressional delegation should restore river study
(A version of this ran as an official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial on June 15) Perhaps no state in the union faces as many and varied water-related issues as Louisiana does, and now its […]
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Groups promoting truly civil society deserve support
(June 19) Where, pray tell, is common ground? Almost everybody agrees that American politics, which always have been rambunctious, have devolved into such toxicity that civil conversations appear impossible. Every reasonable person […]
