Louisiana board would devalue high school diplomas
(July 29-30 in the Louisiana T-P/Advocate) Former President George W. Bush was right, on the education front, to blast what he called “the soft bigotry of low expectations.” Now the […]
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Louisiana legislature resolves to re-fight the Civil War
(June 17, Nola.com) Sixty-seven members of the Louisiana House and 27 state senators have embarrassed themselves and the state by adopting a loony-radical resolution saying the state has “the sovereign right” to […]
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Three Stormy-Trump Tales
Why should we even care if Trump is arrested? (April 4): This whole Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels-Alvin Bragg scene is just boring. Far too many people are hyperventilating, or worse, about […]
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Pet nutria wins the day
(March 23) Don’t mess with an American’s pet. Just don’t do it. And if that pet happens to be a swamp rat, you’ll arouse some ragin’ Cajuns. The tale of Neuty, […]
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Three takes on Congress’ Republican leaders
I did not originally set out to write about each of these three Republican leaders — McConnell, McCarthy, and Scalise — in a concerted effort, but I wrote each one […]
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There are better choices for wetlands than big diversion
(Oct. 22. NOLA.COM) There are better ways to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands. It’s not too late to stop a long-imagined but misguided $2 billion project to divert up to 75,000 cubic […]
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Two left over: LA Gov, and Trump not conservative
RNC should reject the unconservative Trump, not kowtow to him (Feb. 7): There is far more reason for conservatives to disapprove of former President Donald Trump than just his divisiveness […]
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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 […]
