Editorial: Fund the Mississippi River study, NOW!
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, Aug. 17) Those of a certain age will remember the old Fram Oil Filter commercial: You can pay me now ($4 for a filter), or you can […]
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LA congressional delegation should restore river study
(A version of this ran as an official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial on June 15) Perhaps no state in the union faces as many and varied water-related issues as Louisiana does, and now its […]
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For most Americans, ‘No tax on tips’ is a great big gyp
(May 30) All the Republican members of Congress from Louisiana should explain why they are giving the economic equivalent of a middle finger to plumbers, nursing assistants, HVAC repairmen, graphic designers, […]
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Louisiana delegation must stand up for Ukraine
(Column by Quin Hillyer, Feb. 24) Eleven years to the week after Russian forces moved to steal Crimea from Ukraine, three years to the day after Russia began its murderous […]
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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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A partial mea culpa from me to Garret Graves
(The Advocate/T-P, May 22) For more than four decades I have been a fierce critic of the standards, or lack thereof, that prevail in too many outlets for American journalism. […]
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Rep. Garret Graves is a big disappointment
(The Advocate/T-P, April 21) U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is fighting for his political life in a redistricting battle, but it may be no great loss if he fails. He has […]
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Four on the Speakers’ race that WERE timely, at the time
For the full version of each column on the race for House Speaker (which really should have gone to Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana), follow the link embedded in […]
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What gives Scalise an edge vs. myeloma
(Sept. 3) United States House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s (R-LA) multiple myeloma diagnosis this week seems to be just too cruel for a man who already miraculously survived an attempted […]
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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 […]
