Stifling science: State officials threaten medical conferees with hotel quarantine
Ignorance in Baton Rouge costs New Orleans medical conferees the insights of Ebola experts.
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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
Shocking Bywater cover-up! A frattier, less funky Country Club bans skinny dipping
Maybe the gay-friendly Country Club needs a members-only policy for those not ashamed to bask in the all together.
Is debunking our obsession with what’s hip about New Orleans just the latest way to seem hip?
A Tulane conference contends that playing up what's unique about New Orleans has a way of masking what's wrong. The columnist doesn't buy it.
Not-so-hidden GOP agenda: Help us put EPA on the endangered species list
If strangled environmental protection is what we want, we can have that happen very soon.
School board needs clear direction, not superintendent who will tolerate ambiguity
Some school board members seem to be searching for the elusive perfect superintendent.
Complex education system requires that Orleans Parish School Board finds the right superintendent
The right person should welcome the challenge of being on the cutting edge of school reform.
Orleans Parish School Board can’t advance a collective agenda, and we all share the blame
Each meeting is a rerun of the previous ones, ending in the same split votes. But citizens have allowed that to continue.
By failing to hire a superintendent, Orleans school board puts politics above education
The issues that board members refuse to bend on have nothing to do with quality.
Ugliness in New Orleans school board meetings deters superintendent candidates
What educational leader would want to work in such an adversarial environment?
School board should look for opportunity in upcoming court ruling on post-Katrina teacher layoffs
Acknowledge that teachers were wronged and start working toward a unified school district.
