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.
Commenter’s mookery is of Biblical proportion
How about real choice for neighborhoods close to Colton campus
It’s "The Jungle" out there, but we can feast on fresh local food
Streetcars should bypass Elysian Fields connection for now
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
Bermdoggle: The real barrier that Gov. Jindal will have to overcome
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.
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.
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.