“Our political rhetoric around faith grows increasingly ugly … “
Category: Opinion
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Evicted: How a landlord jumping into the short-term rental market cost us our home
We were model tenants — and then came the vacate order.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
What to do with short-term rentals: legalize and police them? Good luck with that!
The shift to B&Bs — illegal and otherwise — is worsening the city’s housing crisis.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
In threatened TOPS cuts, middle class glimpses reality faced by low-income families
College will be out of reach for more Louisianans if state budget mess guts scholarship program.
Posted inOpinion
New Orleans is the prime ingredient in Beyoncé’s viral video ‘hot sauce’
Her viral video is rife with mythic images of the city, some nuanced, some merely cheap shots.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’? Says who?
From JFK to Trump, TV has changed the substance of our politics, not just the style.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Yes, fighting climate change means Louisiana oil workers will lose jobs
Further thoughts on the Paris climate accord from a local activist.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Forbidden knowledge: Denying health info to and from families is hazardous to the mentally ill
Privacy rules block exchange of important health information with caregivers — even with doctors.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Oops! Effort to save monarch butterflies hastens their possible extinction
Tropical milkweed is pretty — and deadly to monarch butterflies. Know when to root it out.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
The strip-club moratorium is just a first step; much more needs to be done
Bourbon Street merchant proposes a way to rein in the proliferation of strip clubs.