If the promised boom comes true, both politicians will benefit. And if not …
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion
Who’s dictating Jindal’s tax policy? Hint: He calls World War II vets anti-American
Jindal is one of several Louisiana pols dancing to Norquist’s strange tune.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Even a chain restaurant like proposed Habana Outpost creates commerce
What if a Pizza Hut went up at that abandoned gas station in the Quarter?
Posted inOpinion
LSU scientists warn: Don’t let nitrogen anxiety undermine fight to save coast
Concern that nitrogen-fed vegetation has degraded Massachusetts wetlands is no reason to stop freshwater diversions here, the authors argue.
Posted inOpinion
Louisiana bucks the trend: postmortem of a tax revolution that fizzled
Louisiana legislators had more pressing concerns.
Posted inOpinion
Oh, brother, where art thou? Is state income tax really why Nikesh Jindal split?
Jindal junked a Reagan quote and used a family anecdote to sell his tax plan. But the truth poorly serves his argument that taxes are behind the state’s brain drain.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
30 years of time-lapse satellite images show coastal Louisiana wasting away
Time-lapse images illustrate what we knew was happening: Over 30 years, islands and beaches have moved north, channels have widened, and marshes have turned to open water without a blade of brass for miles. But they also show portions of the coast growing, reinvigorated by restoration projects.
Posted inOpinion
Second-lining’s silver lining: mainstream embrace of our cultural exotica
Even the long-antagonistic police department now embraces second-lining as deserving of respect — and protection.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Mother’s Day shooting reminds us that no one is immune from street violence
“At any given moment, something can jump out,” said Deb Cotton in an interview last year. Cotton has spent the last several years documenting second-lines and brass bands. How can New Orleans preserve those traditions and create a sense of safety for participants?
Posted inOpinion
Tax-cut mania: Parroting national GOPoobahs has poorly served Jindal
Yes, he cut taxes, but George W. Bush’s job-creation record was atrocious.