From Bama to the Bahamas, generosity reigns
Mobile, Ala.: How about a little good news about Americans, for a change? Here’s a tale of generosity to inspire anybody. Ranked by per capita income, Alabama is the fifth poorest state in […]
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There is no ‘deep state,’ and other insights
Six miscellaneous pieces by Quin, with the first especially worth reading. (For the full columns, follow the links embedded in the headlines.) Bannon label’s ‘deep state’ theory as lunacy (Oct.5). […]
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Cokie Roberts was a wonderful professional
(Sept. 17) Cokie Roberts, the legendary journalist of print, radio and TV, died today of complications from breast cancer. She held tightly to old-school standards of professionalism and personal decency. Politically […]
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Tabasco’s home island is a Louisiana pleasure dome
(Sept. 11) Tabasco sauce is apparently hot stuff for the U.S. armed forces, and Tabasco’s home site in Louisiana is a very cool place to visit. The sauce’s ubiquity in military […]
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Remembering San Antonio’s great New Orleans sound
(Sept. 5.) Since 1963, it has been strange but true that one of the best places to hear traditional, New Orleans-style jazz was 540 miles away in culturally dissimilar San […]
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Cheaper by the dozen: 12 pensive pieces, no platitudes
Old-School college football, minus the pomp, at old Tulane (Sept. 2). When Tulane, ignoring law, let Jim Harbaugh get away (Sept. 3). For one week, these Saints were in crazy […]
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Don’t punish military parents stationed overseas
(Aug. 29) The Trump administration has just insulted our military by making it harder for some of them to gain citizenship for their children. The new “Policy Alert” promulgated by the […]
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Forgiving Bama Gov. Ivey’s blackface
(Aug. 31) It is reasonable to criticize Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey for doing a skit in blackface in college. It’s also reasonable, given that this happened half a century ago, to […]
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Strongly, twice, against the opioid lawsuits
States must not get addicted to quack lawsuits (Aug. 27): An Oklahoma judge was dead wrong Aug. 26 in ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 millionto help fight the opioid crisis, […]
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Save Mobile’s Botanical Gardens! Now!
Please see below, which is pasted from the letter sent out by the Gardens. This must not stand. I hereby pledge $200 as a donation to the Gardens, and urge […]
