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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.

Like healthcare repeal, Vitter's math-challenged pitch is dead on arrival

by The Editors February 3, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Commenter’s mookery is of Biblical proportion

by Mark Moseley February 2, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

How about real choice for neighborhoods close to Colton campus

by The Editors February 1, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

It’s "The Jungle" out there, but we can feast on fresh local food

by Mark Moseley January 31, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Streetcars should bypass Elysian Fields connection for now

by The Editors January 27, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Shepherd needs to pull up his big-boy britches

In August 2007, after City Councilmember Oliver Thomas resigned and admitted to taking bribes, his attorney was asked about the possibility of Thomas providing helpful testimony to Federal prosecutors. Shepherd ultimately confessed, and assumed total responsibility, but
by Mark Moseley January 25, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Bermdoggle: The real barrier that Gov. Jindal will have to overcome

by Mark Moseley January 19, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Comparing Detroit to NOLA after Katrina not so far off

I once mocked a pundit for comparing Detroit to “post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans." I'm rethinking that.
by Mark Moseley January 13, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Ohio State gets a Boehner; Arkansas gets the bird

I love to handicap college football games by carefully analyzing the merits of each team’s mascots, and factoring in ominous current events that might foretoken disaster for a particular football squad.
by Mark Moseley January 4, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Mash this column, and Beck kisses Soros at a Hornets game to save the wetlands from oil

From Hornets to Glenn Beck to sand berms, here are various follow-ups to previous items.
by Mark Moseley December 17, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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