A THINK504 Editorial New Orleans is on the threshold of history as it prepares to elect its first woman mayor. The crowded field of eighteen is now down to just…
Month: October 2017
Stop White Flight in Campaign
By Jeff Thomas The shocking collapse of Desiree Charbonnet’s mayoral primary run parallels white flight to the suburbs from New Orleans in the 70’s. Though dramatically different attitudes and perspectives…
Why Every Racist Mentions Their Black Friend
Eric Horowitz Feeling threatened leads people to overestimate the importance of past actions When something is thoroughly covered by both the New Republic (link is external) and Urban Dictionary (link is external) it has…
On Racism and White Privilege
On Racism Racism is a doctrine or teaching, without scientific support, that does three things. First, it claims to find racial differences in things like character and intelligence. Second, racism…
Surprising finish in the mayor’s race.
by Jeff Thomas Two women in the runoff for mayor is unprecedented but not unexpected. Desiree Charbonnet and Latoya Cantrell led in the polls the entire campaign. What is surprising…
Shocking Racism in the Mayor’s Race
By Jeff Thomas Negative campaigns have been around for a long time. And in Louisiana where political campaigning is as important as football and gumbo, politicians have been taking swipes…
A Look At Louisiana’s Gun Laws
by Kenneth Cooper On my way to church, I can’t figure out which gun to bring. It may not be the same gun I take out to eat afterwards, and…
7 Ways (Besides Sex) To Emotionally Connect With Your Partner
by Robert Augustus Masters Without emotional intimacy, relationships founder on the reefs of emotional discord or flatness—no matter how heated the sex, no matter how much we hold in common—leaving…
SCOTUS DECISION ON THE LAMBERT CASE
STATEMENT ABOUT THE SCOTUS DECISION ON THE DALE LAMBERT CASE The SCOTUS could have been on the right side of history this session, but they, instead, decided to deny…
Kaepernick is just like Muhammad Ali.
By Jeff Thomas Recently Muhammad Ali’s death transfixed the nation. Headlines everywhere praised the former heavyweight champion as “the Greatest”. Ali transcended race was the most popular refrain. But during…