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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.

Hurricane alert: Keeping your cool likely to get harder and harder

by Mark Moseley September 6, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Are traffic stops for expired plates the best use of NOPD after storm?

by Steve Beatty September 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Let’s hear it for the city’s new champions: our acro-gymnasts

by Mark Moseley August 23, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

A former New Orleanian glances back across the pond from London

by Matt Davis August 22, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Spare the rod and spoil the school? OK, then I need spanking lessons

by Mark Moseley August 16, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

The Lens retracts opinion piece regarding St. Claude Ave. parkettes

by The Editors August 10, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Does anybody really want ‘parkettes’ along the St. Claude corridor?

by Christine P. Horn August 9, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

How much does a jail-happy society owe its exonerees?

by Mark Moseley August 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Punchline drunk: Knock-down fight at a stand-up comedy club

by Mark Moseley July 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Busting Jon Johnson shows early promise of a new kind of news

by Eli Ackerman July 25, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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