Ida is serious, but we take storm prep with humor intact
(Aug. 27) MOBILE, Alabama — The news is full of the coronavirus and Kabul, but meanwhile, in other disasters… This, folks, is how things work with Gulf Coast hurricanes. Just […]
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Democrats and Republicans both can learn from James Carville
Two columns precipitated by Democratic consultant James Carville’s new campaign against “wokeness.” (Links to full pieces embedded in headlines.) Carville may not be entirely right about the Louisiana special election […]
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John Roberts was DOUBLY inconsistent in abortion case
(TWO columns on June 29) 1. Roberts aborts conservative jurisprudence. Chief Justice John Roberts has put another shiv in the ribs of judicial conservatives, again abandoning intellectual consistency while doing […]
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Fr. William Barnwell, dead of the coronavirus, reached across ideological lines
(March 31) The life of the Rev. Canon William Barnwell, a crusading, liberal, Episcopalian priest who died March 27 of (suspected) coronavirus in New Orleans, could teach lessons we all […]
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Florida’s border order crossed several lines
(March 30) One of the most constitutionally and morally problematic responses to the coronavirus pandemic is that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in strongly dissuading residents of certain states from […]
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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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Louisiana’s ever-changing John Kennedy
(Dec. 2) Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, now all over the news after a volatile verbal exchange with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, is a habitual shape-shifter. Pundits disappointed that the […]
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Two before Louisiana’s governor’s race
Louisiana Republican tried Trumpism with a twist (Nov. 11). NEW ORLEANS — In the race for Louisiana governor that culminates this coming Saturday, Republican Eddie Rispone is doing a remarkable job […]
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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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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). […]
