Advice for an ‘aspirational’ city: Can’t find a job? Start a business
We’ve got to turn our “do-gooder” culture into a “job creator” culture.
Category: Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire. This category features thought-provoking essays and commentary from writers, community members, and photographers offering insight into the issues, ideas, and experiences that shape New Orleans and beyond.
What should we do with Charity Hospital?
Since Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the soaring Art Deco masterpiece, it seems like everyone and her uncle has come forward with a plan for the adaptive reuse of Charity Hospital. And yet eight years later it stands empty. The Lens is soliciting the views of our readers and city leaders.
Louisiana educators already digging in to Common Core standards and practices
The negative political posturing may be something new, but Louisiana embraced the Common Core three years ago as a key step toward stronger schools.
As Vaughan’s loses Kermit, pondering the fragility of an economy built on culture
Says Boyles, we need to examine how much we should depend on tourists to pay for our livelihoods.
Judge Engelhardt’s Danziger ruling points toward a possibly far wider scandal
Engelhardt's probe has already expanded our understanding of misconduct by Justice officials in both Washington and New Orleans. There may be more to come.
Confessions of a 20-something: You want to save the world? Take a number
A recent graduate with a zeal to serve talks about the challenge of just keeping food on the table.
Is TOPS doomed? No, but sharp course correction needed to avoid Titanic’s fate
Inflated college costs mean that the popular state scholarship program is on track to collide with bankruptcy.
Royalty-screwed: Big Oil likes to confuse severance taxes with cleanup costs
Using improved offshore royalties for coastal restoration would still mean taxpayers were paying for the industry's malfeasance.
Identity politics: Gentry cling to go-cups while kids and roosters face extinction
New Orleans native C.W. Cannon savors his right to carry a drink into the streets, but wonders if the go-cup kerfuffle wasn't a tad overblown.
Why Jindal is so reluctant to make Big Oil pay for ravaging Louisiana’s coast
The Jindal team's attack on the Flood Authority lawsuit is complex and hard to follow — a sure sign that they've been thrown on the defensive.
