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Author: Mark Moseley

About Mark Moseley
Mark Moseley blogs at Your Right Hand Thief. Until mid 2014, Mark Moseley was The Lens' opinion writer, engagement specialist and coordinator for the Charter Schools Reporting Corps. After Katrina and the Federal Flood he helped create the Rising Tide conference, which grew into an annual social media event dedicated to the future of New Orleans.

Moseley gives Bobby a break! Taking another look at Jindal-nomics

April 2, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Moseley acknowledges it’s a bit of a confidence game at first, but if the tax plan coincides with continuing business expansion, voodoo economics may finally have found its high priest.

Letten at the plate: Was the federal prosecutor using a corked bat?

March 20, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Columnist Moseley wonders whether Jim Letten's downfall was rooted more deeply than many pundits acknowledge.

Does stunning collapse of River Birch case portend uglier revelations ahead?

March 12, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Now it appears that there may have been more serious and systemic problems during Letten’s term than we ever knew.

New group makes timely debut in fight against lead poisoning

March 6, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
The link between lead poisoning and crime is a mystery that none of the usual hypotheses — such as “get tough” police laws — can explain.

Zack Kopplin speaks for science and the nation takes notice—will Louisiana?

February 20, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Says Moseley: The real issue is public money being used to support sham science. Doubting evolution is fine on your own time or in religion class, perhaps.

Interview with Zack Kopplin: Creationism is an economic threat to Louisiana

February 20, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Ref’s bad call spared us eternal ignominy for Super Bowl blackout

February 6, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Nagin’s weird ride: from showboat to search for anonymity

January 24, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
“Simply put, the Ray Nagin of 2013 is almost unrecognizable as the man who swept New Orleans off its feet in 2002," writes Gordon Russell.

How the news of Ray Nagin’s federal indictment unfolded

January 18, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Free expression or feds’ folly: Comment-gate likely to widen

January 15, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019
Have other courthouse insiders posted inappropriate comments on NOLA.com?

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