Perhaps Jazz Fest should have been saved
(August 9) Because of concerns about a major spike in coronavirus caseloads, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival made the understandable but unnecessary decision to cancel its planned October […]
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Unvaccinated dwarves put even vaccinated people at risk
(July 27) Most adults who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus bear some attitudinal resemblance to the dwarves in The Last Battle of the Narnia series. Offered a chance […]
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On vaccinations, Ivey, other guvs violate free market and Constitution
(June 8) Alabama, Florida, and other states are on dangerous constitutional ground by passing laws forbidding private businesses to require proof of coronavirus vaccination for entrance to their premises. If […]
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Biden should learn as court disallows racial preferences
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, June 8) As President Joe Biden pursues initiatives he announced last week to “help narrow the racial wealth gap,” he should heed a late-May reminder from the […]
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Fair Hope for Maskless Life
(May 6) Coastal Alabamians celebrated May Day this year by mingling maskless by the thousands at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Fairhope, the charming Mobile Bay town sometimes considered […]
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Nightmare on plane for maskless, handicapped girl
(April 23) An April 16 incident on a Southwest Airlines flight shows the problems with mask fetishism, along with continuing evidence of the dying of common sense and the desperate […]
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Against jackpot justice, Congress should follow Florida’s lead
(March 30) Since the earliest days of the current pandemic more than a year ago, it should have been obvious that honest businesses trying their best to handle something so […]
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To stop the COVID mutants, wear your masks
(March 8) Don’t get complacent about COVID-19, because the mutants are coming. That was the main message from author John Barry, whom I interviewed Monday for the anniversary of my […]
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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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Congress has a bad ‘relief’ idea and a good one
Two columns. (Nov. 30) Deferred Payroll taxes must be paid. Lawmakers and some taxpayers will face a year-end mess because of an ill-advised executive action earlier this year by President […]
