In an era when highways and “urban renewal” were ripping cities apart, Section 106 was a tool useful to local preservationists and as a way to force federal agencies to stop destroying irreplaceable remnants of American history.
How stunning was Jindal's setback? Consider: A GOP governor couldn’t convince a GOP Legislature in a red state to help him cut income taxes — his No. 1 priority.
Alex Rawls asks: "Does the relatively free-range nature of New Orleans' nightlife add to the city's mystique, even for those who finish their drinks before they leave the bar and are in bed by 11?"
The revenue offsets in his initial plan were always completely negotiable as long as they yielded an income tax repeal. That's why it kept changing.
Newcomers are proving to be zealous enthusiasts of New Orleans culture. Are they destroying it?
Moseley acknowledges it’s a bit of a confidence game at first, but if the tax plan coincides with continuing business expansion, voodoo economics may finally have found its high priest.
Father Michael notes that financial inequality is at its worst level since the 1920s and prays that Congress will find the courage to attack the federal debt in a way that includes tax increases on the wealthy, not just cuts that hit middle-class and poor Americans hardest.
An aficionado of the local literary scene salutes the new direction the Tennessee Williams Festival seems to have taken.
Columnist Moseley wonders whether Jim Letten's downfall was rooted more deeply than many pundits acknowledge.
Now it appears that there may have been more serious and systemic problems during Letten’s term than we ever knew.
