Why Do People Follow Bad Leaders?
Here are the reasons that tyrants, dictators, and incompetents continue to lead. There are currently 50 countries in the world that are headed by dictators—more than one-quarter of all nations.…
Flood Protection is Critical
Important Factor for Voters by Kea Sherman This week, I took a pause from politics to take Hayden to see the remake of the Lion King. For many, this brings…
Hey Ya’ll Its Election Time
By Jeff Thomas With qualifying over all the candidates are set for political races across the state. Predictably, in the NOLA metro area, controversy erupted immediately. Many other shocks and…
Reparations are now a 2020 campaign issue
By Jaime Morris The Reparations dialogue/debate continues and appears to be heating up and may become a 2020 presidential election campaign issue. This election may become Trump versus a consummate…
2019 Constitutional Amendments
Our Look Before You Go Into the Voting Booth By Jeff Thomas As a Think504 reader, you are an intelligent, open minded and informed person. During this campaign season, you…
Help NOLA Delegation Deliver
Need Even More from Our Delegation and Citizens By Jeff Thomas On the heels of the one of the most successful legislative sessions in modern history, the New Orleans legislative…
Why New Orleans Voters Should Abandon Gov John Bel Edwards
Mayor Cantrell right to seek hotel taxes for drainage By Jeff Thomas Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Or maybe being pound foolish and penny wise.…
Racist Things that Just Make You Think WTF?
Racism is alive and well By Jeff Thomas I read that a man was convicted by a 10-2 vote of a Jefferson Parish jury on Friday and thought huh? Wait!…
The Three Ironclad Rules of Donald Trump
Commentators are shocked by his reaction to the midterms. They shouldn’t be. by Stanton Peele Ph.D. Following the returns from the midterm elections—in which Democrats captured the House of Representatives,…
Minority candidates see both success and veiled racism
WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the many successes among candidates of color, the midterm elections also proved to some the enduring power of racism, with minority politicians’ intelligence and integrity…