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Opinion

Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.

Opposing opinions on river diversions show contentious nature of coastal master plan

Are sediment diversions a dangerous experiment or coastal savior?
by The Editors March 26, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

City Park officials are ignoring the public as they proceed with golf course plans

A golf course is an unwelcome intrusion on a wild, useful part of City Park
by Justin Kray March 13, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Fire safety 101: Faulty gas fuel lines can make your attic a loaded gun

Enforcement is lax, given just one state employee to oversee local code jurisdictions throughout Louisiana.
by Trent Naquin March 2, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

To escape marginalization, Black History Month must embrace ‘hard truths’

As we close out the 2015 installment of Black History Month, a real problem is the way people continue to separate black history from American history.
by Eugene Thomas February 27, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Gusman pays crony a million a year for services that aren’t specified

Investigative journalists are doing great work around here — a good thing, given the persistence of political sleaze.
by Jed Horne February 20, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Ghost condos haunt the New Orleans market — a dubious development

Pieds-à-terre left largely empty by well-to-do owners drive up costs for full-time city residents.
by Keith Hardie February 11, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Yet another CBD developer seeks to deviate from the zoning code

The zoning code should not be simply the starting point for negotiations to violate that code with every new project.
by Matt Gatzman February 3, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

Invasion of the poop troopers: Scooping’s the law — but at a cost to the planet

Dog droppings biodegrade within days; the poop scoopers' plastic bags will sit in landfills for centuries.
by Eugene Thomas January 29, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

‘Tourist trolley’ vs. public transit: Will locals actually use the new streetcar line?

New Orleans seems to be building a two-tiered transit system: streetcars for tourists and the well-heeled; buses for the rest of us.
by Peter Horjus January 21, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

‘A David Duke without the baggage’ finds himself with a load to carry anyway

Memo to the GOP: "You can't go to the well again and again and then claim the water's toxic."
by C.W. Cannon January 13, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019

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