Armstrong, Bechet, and Cake-Walking: 100-year anniversary
(February 8) To all you wonderful Super Bowl visitors, a word to the wise: If you leave this city with memories only of football and booze, without a fuller appreciation of […]
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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 […]
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Feds’ report on LA State Police is actually helpful
(Jan. 23) Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill risk politicizing a Justice Department report that they wrongly accuse of being a politicized hit job. The report on the Louisiana State […]
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The first NOLA Super Bowl was Taylor-made
(Jan. 27) This short article today about the first Super Bowl ever played in New Orleans brings back surprisingly vivid memories. Although I was not quite six years old, I […]
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An honest look at the Capitol-rioter pardons
Note: With this web site update, I am restarting an old practice of mine of highlighting at least one column per week by someone else that I consider really thoughtful […]
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From Quin: New direction for me
ANNOUNCEMENT: As of today, I am no longer with the Washington Examiner. I am excited to announced that today I begin a new job as full-time member of the editorial […]
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Media and citizens are failing their civic duty
(January 10) As the nation braces for another Trump administration and its likely emotional turmoil, please allow some thoughts on the civic duties both of the media and of the American citizenry. The media’s duty “informs” […]
