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Author: Mark Moseley

About Mark Moseley
Mark Moseley is The Lens’ Engagement Editor. He produces The Lens’ newsletters that highlight our essential local reporting and sharp commentary on issues that matter to New Orleanians. During an earlier stint with the Lens, he wrote opinion columns, coordinated the Charter Schools Reporting Corps and launched the “What We’re Reading” link roundup. His opinion writing earned a first-place award from The New Orleans Press Club in 2012. Moseley has lived in New Orleans since 1996 and co-founded the Rising Tide new media conference, which ran annually from 2006 to 2015.

Better late than never: Wishing bin Laden a speedy trip to hell

May 2, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Berm blather distracts us from the real issue: slapdash drilling

April 28, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Could ‘Trumped’-up birther campaign be a secret deal with Dems?

April 20, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Anti-creationism crusade gains support; Capitol rally slated

April 19, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

In a world gone mad, don’t get mad, go crazy!

April 13, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Katy Perry defeats conformism and 200 million fans cheer

April 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Cutting coastal cash is perfect complement to Big Oil’s free ride

March 28, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Limbaugh’s clownish guess at Katrina costs no laughing matter

March 17, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Louisiana pols fiddle with facts while Japan’s reactors burn

March 16, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

As penance, maybe Rev. Storms can save other ‘Christian’ bigots

March 3, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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