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Author: Jed Horne

About Jed Horne
Opinion Editor Jed Horne is a veteran journalist who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize as part of the Times-Picayune team that covered Katrina and the recovery. He is the author of

Too late to save face, but time for LSU to settle van Heerden lawsuit

February 7, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
LSU tried to discredit Ivor van Heerden and then fired him for speaking out about the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failures with the levees in New Orleans. Now the university is fighting his wrongful termination lawsuit.

Confessions of an armchair cynic: the voters proved me wrong

November 8, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Opinion: Changes at TP were necessary, but are they the right ones?

May 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

It's official: second grade to be added next semester; new board chairman takes charge

April 25, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

$1 million "i3" grant to be awarded in early May; state tests administered without problems

April 18, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Exonerated death row inmate John Thompson digs for the roots of New Orleans crime epidemic

December 29, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019
"Now, you can’t even tell who’s the child and who’s the parent. We lost that structure, and instead we got babies having babies. We need to address that." -- John Thompson

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