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.

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

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

A former New Orleanian glances back across the pond from London

Spare the rod and spoil the school? OK, then I need spanking lessons
The Lens retracts opinion piece regarding St. Claude Ave. parkettes

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

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

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