A snowbound African mountain provides an unexpected encounter with a cultural artifact associated with the Deep South at its most brutal.
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion
Jindal credits Louisiana’s economic revival to a tax plan he initially opposed
Jindal’s own plan — income tax abolition and a sky-high sales tax — was laughed out of the 2013 Legislature.
Posted inOpinion
Don’t expect a safe, humane Orleans Parish Prison any time soon; here’s why
Medical and psychiatric care is terrible and prisoners live in fear of being beaten or raped.
Posted inOpinion
President Jindal? If at first he doesn’t succeed, count on him to try, try again
No, he’s not just aiming for the vice presidency, Moseley argues. That would be a sign of impotence that just guarantees defeat.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
So what if Holy Cross towers defy the zoning code — it’s only the Lower Ninth
Even cut back to 60 feet, the towers would be half again as tall as current zoning allows.
Posted inOpinion
Online comment scandal likely to widen as more defendants invoke it in court
If coordinated online mischief took place, upper management in the U.S. Attorney’s office surely knew better than to document it.
Posted inOpinion
‘LaLa’ Lalonde calls Big Oil’s bluff: Ignore threats that they’ll bail on Louisiana
Lalonde’s lament: Strip-mining our coast will turn Louisiana into a Dixie version of coal country.
Posted inOpinion
A Kale of Two Cities: the magical New Orleans and the Americanist version
The national press shows that it’s not really interested in New Orleanian self-analysis. Apparently we’re not qualified.
Posted inOpinion
Kalegate: Self-described ‘transplant’ makes a meal of NY Times travel story
The article in the New York Times “felt like one giant facepalm that confirms all of the worst clichés about new New Orleanians.”
Posted inOpinion
Online ‘Commentgate’ seems tied to Washington in more ways than one
To probe the depths of the scandal that rocked the U.S. Attorney’s office, connect the dots and read between the lines — just like Judge Engelhardt did.