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Opinion
Perspectives and reflections that challenge, question, and inspire.
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.
Reason’s greetings: BESE sees the light in textbook debate
Educators agree that high school students deserve to learn “the very best science.” Hallelujah, right? Not quite.
Jindal, Palin show some spine (on the bookstore shelves)
It’s nice to see conservatives standing up for our freedoms
Despite a painfully embarrassing incident at an airport scanner checkpoint, I’m still not totally on board with the sudden backlash against the new security procedures, which strikes me as oddly timed and perhaps disingenuous.
Talk one way, Walker the other
State Rep. Walker Hines seemed like he was in a hurry this morning as he grabbed a quick beverage at a coffee shop in Broadmoor and drove away in a black Cadillac Escalade. Shortly thereafter, this Times-Picayune news story broke:
Kiss prejudices goodbye
National attitudes are shifting on a particular set of issues, representing a long-term trend that will continue for generations -- and this may coincide with the “Kiss Cam” barrier being broken.
Jindal to beef up berms
Standing on the second floor of the Acme Oyster House alongside BP America President Lamar McKay, Gov. Bobby Jindal today announced that the state will use $140 million from BP to transform sand berms into barrier islands to protect the coast.
