Should New Orleans Restart the Tourism Economy? By Jeff Thomas Restarting the tourism economy boils down to how many people you are willing to sacrifice. Statistically speaking, reopening the tourism…
Category: Politics
What’s More Perplexing, The Saints’ Draft or The President’s Words?
by Kenneth Cooper Thursday: Perplexed isn’t the Merrim-Webster word of the day, but it should be. What are the Saints doing? Who is Cesar Ruiz? And why is…
Senator Troy Carter Responds
From the desk of Senator Troy A. Carter I stand with our Mayor! Tough decisions are not always popular or easy, but neither is managing an unprecedented pandemic. If it…
Timeline: How the U.S. fell behind on the coronavirus
Marisa Fernandez Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Early missteps allowed the new coronavirus to spread throughout the U.S for weeks before state and local officials implemented strict lockdowns designed to keep the…
This Here President’s Day
Democrats search while Trump Triumphs By Kenneth Cooper On Biden without Barack: So, you’re in Gotham, and word on the street is that The Joker is on the loose, tearing…
TRUMP IS MUCKING UP AMERICA & ROBBING AMERICANS
By CC Campbell-Rock As the machinations of a rogue, out of control Donald J. Trump, Sr. drags on, media pundits are rushing to report on the distracting abominations that Trump…
There’s No Such Thing as a Dangerous Neighborhood
Most serious urban violence is concentrated among less than 1 percent of a city’s population. So why are we still criminalizing whole areas? Stephen Lurie An abandoned building in Providence,…
How to Make NOLA Great in 2020
Regressive vs Progressive Policies Be Jeff Thomas Sales taxes are regressive. People with money only really notice when they make big purchases. But for poorer people, sales taxes stealthy but…
For John Bel Edwards It’s A New Day
Possibly, Probably…Maybe Not by Kenneth Cooper And so it begins, John Bel Edwards, term #2, freshly re-elected as governor to our perpetually failing state. Half the voters didn’t want him.…
Beware of Republicans in Democratic Clothing
#politics By C.C. Campbell-Rock After a couple of centuries of analyzing rhetoric and actions by whites at the controls of the levers of political power, it’s safe to say that…