Parish President in Love With Minor
Mike Yenni, Making Louisiana Deplorable Again By Kenneth Cooper This is the story of a love affair, a brief, but torrid one, a legal, yet creepy one, an affair began…
Can a Woman Mayor Make a Difference?
By Jeff Thomas Since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has had two mayors. One is in jail, the other is shivers every time it rains. Each failed dramatically to deliver on…
How do we determine our successes and failures?
Richard B. Joelson DSW, LCSW Locus of Control There is a concept in the psychological literature known as locus of control that is unfamiliar to most people, even though, once…
Louisiana Sheriff Resigns Amid Charges of Corruption
Sheriff Insists This is all Just One Harry Lee Sized Coincidence By Jeff Thomas Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand’s sudden and shocking resignation from office was the talk of the…
A Recent History of Injuries and Losing for Saints
Saints: Where will the Foam Finger Point at the End of This Season? By Kenneth Cooper The injury bug hovers over Airline Drive, scoping out the practices. Though small in…
Taking Over da’ Streets in NOLA
We Will Need to Go to War in NOLA By Jeff Thomas Politicians must make difficult decisions, sometimes funding necessary projects at the expense of other necessary projects. And governments…
The Trumps and Russia
by Roy Rodney All the lies. Lies on top of lies. Lies straight to the face of every American. Lies under oath. Lies to hide crimes. Lies to prevent further…
Is Implicit Bias a Useful Scientific Concept?
Lawrence T. White Ph.D. Measures of unconscious bias have a limited ability to predict actual behavior. Scores on direct measures of racial prejudice have declined steadily over the past 60…
How Do You Give Away Your Power?
Avoiding five habits that sabotage you. Diane Dreher Ph.D. While many people begin each year setting goals to improve their lives, too many of us are sabotaged by unproductive habits…
Young Black Men May Decide the Mayor’s Election
By Kenneth Cooper There are 18 people who want to have a word with you. There are some things they want you to know about your city. They will tell…