New Orleans needs better budgeting process
(Official Times-Picayune editorial, April 15) As New Orleans officials grapple with an April 17 meeting where they literally will argue about whether or not the city faces a budget crisis, […]
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New Orleans should not be a ‘sanctuary city’
( Feb. 16) By practicing “sanctuary city” policies, or close approximations thereof, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and other area officials are playing a foolish and dangerous game. On […]
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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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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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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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French Quarter New Years once were less hazardous
(Jan. 2) Before al Qaeda and ISIS, before the age of attacks at crowded celebrations such as the Boston Marathon or the prelude to a Sugar Bowl, the “dangers” at […]
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New Orleans shouldn’t get fooled by a Shell game
(Quin’s column, Dec. 10, the Advocate/T-P): The New Orleans City Council has been hoodwinked into outrageously rapid approval of one aspect of a two-part process for a riverfront business development […]
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New Orleans city workers shouldn’t get unions enshrined in law
(May 21, NOLA.com) The New Orleans City Council would be making a huge mistake if it approves legislation, tentatively on the schedule for May 25, to codify union bargaining rights […]
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New Orleans mayor got lucky to survive recall bid
(March 21) NEW ORLEANS — The apparent failure of a spirited petition drive here to force a recall election of Mayor LaToya Cantrell should give no solace to arrogant, leftist politicians. The […]
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Yes, there really is hope for slowing NOLA crime wave
(Sept. 24, Times-Picayune/The Advocate): Don’t give up: If New Orleans survived Hurricane Katrina, not to mention all the other disasters it has endured through three centuries, then surely it can […]
