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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

‘Domestic terrorism’ here in New Orleans? Really?

The mass shootings at Bunny Friend Park may not be jihadism, but that doesn't make them less than deeply troubling.
by Jed Horne December 3, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

School choice since Katrina: the promises made, the challenges ahead

New Orleans emerges as the nation's boldest experiment in school innovation.
by Folwell Dunbar November 27, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Nostalgia undermines struggle to make so-so schools truly excellent

What the older generation remembers from their own school days is increasingly irrelevant to a changing world.
by Folwell Dunbar November 20, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

A judge’s lie obscures a deeper truth about the New Orleans region

The shifting balance between suburbs and the city provides an opportunity for regional thinking.
by Jed Horne November 13, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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

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