From Father’s Day: Political lessons from my dad
(A version of this ran June 15) On this Father’s Day, please permit a look at some political lessons I learned from my father. Haywood H. Hillyer III, who died 15 […]
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Rise in anti-Semitism should alert us all
(March 23) With the Anti-Defamation League reporting on March 23 that last year showed the highest number ever, by far, of recorded antisemitic incidents in the United States, it is obvious, but […]
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Louisiana Republican Party beclowns itself
(Feb. 18) The Louisiana Republican Party my father helped build has become an embarrassing spectacle of purity tests and personality cults. Its executive committee’s unanimous vote to censure U.S. Sen. […]
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Belatedly celebrating Gambit’s 40th birthday
Note: This was published more than a month ago, but I forgot to post it here. Better late than never. — Quin My two years at Gambit, a full three […]
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An Honor Roll Against the Louisiana Nazi
Here, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/slates-slow-burn-on-david-duke-is-gripping-drama-with-lessons-for-today, I write about Slate’s remarkably well researched and reported six-part podcast series looking back 30 years at the three-year peak of David Duke’s career and the surprisingly difficult, […]
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John Treen, controversial Republican stalwart, RIP
(April 22) The life of John Treen, who died last week of the coronavirus at age 94, is an example of how even fair and accurate headlines can nonetheless fail […]
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Does LA GOP dislike Romney more than David Duke?
(Feb. 10) The same Louisiana Republican Party that 30 years ago refused to censure former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke decided last Saturday to censure Sen. Mitt Romney. The mind […]
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In NOLA, Rispone did worse than Duke
(Nov. 18) By now, plenty of analysts have pointed to the copious evidence that President Trump’s active participation in Louisiana’s gubernatorial race drove up Democratic turnout far more than Republican turnout. Trump clearly is politically toxic in […]
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Louisiana governor’s race crashes into racial gutter
(Nov. 5) With Louisiana’s gubernatorial election less than two weeks away, what had been a rather boring campaign has suddenly veered into the gutter. The desperate, late plays of the “race […]
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Bard has a new award for a heroine against hate
(Sept. 12) Ten years ago today, the most courageous lady I’ve ever known in politics, Beth Rickey, died alone and broke, 1,000 miles from her Lafayette, La., home. This week, 1,300 […]
