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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Bidding adieu to the Vieux Carré as we once knew and loved it

Rich retirees from Dallas now enjoy the sanitized ambience of a neighborhood New Orleanians used to live in.
by C.W. Cannon November 5, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Jindal and the Core: Louisiana snubs the Manchurian Candidate

When it comes to the Common Core, it can be hard to tell right-wingers from lefties.
by Jed Horne October 30, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Next governor must make evacuation planning the No. 1 coastal priority

The levees were reconstructed to shore up insurable property values, not to eliminate the threat to human life.
by Bob Jacobsen October 21, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Runaway property tax valuations: What about imposing an annual cap?

Sudden unpredictable assessment leaps are hard on owners — and bad for the city.
by Robyn Halvorsen October 16, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Love letter to a wild and crazy mistress as a jobseeker bails out of New Orleans

Seduced by New Orleans, a young Tulane grad breaks it off and heads back east.
by Sam Tabachnik October 9, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Something new on the menu — but it’s stomach-turning

The spate of bistro robberies sheds light on our vulnerability—and on our priorities.
by Jed Horne October 2, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

We won’t be a truly resilient city without a Community Participation Program

A 2008 City Charter change mandated a formal structure for citizen engagement — and we still don't have one. Why?
by Keith Twitchell September 25, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

City’s Ethics Review Board needs to address its own shortcomings

Agency falls short of standards it is meant to enforce throughout city governance.
by David Marcello September 18, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Saving the art of teaching from the science of education

Modern educators are taking Taylorism off the assembly line and applying it to the classroom.
by Folwell Dunbar September 11, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Debtors’ prisons may be illegal, but they’re alive and well in Louisiana

Effectively, the system jails people because they are poor, which is neither legal nor just.
by Bill Quigley September 2, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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