Trump White Supremacists and Confederates
by Kenneth Cooper Our president is a sad man. He’s sad because “beautiful statues” are being torn down all across the country, even though those “beautiful statues” memorialize ugly things,…
Social Justice Quiz 2017: Children
Ten Questions By Bill Quigley. Bill teaches law at Loyola University New Orleans. Quigley77@gmail.com Question One. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 14.8 percent or 46 million people are living…
Henry Solution to Economic Growth
For too long New Orleans has been a tale of two cities. New Orleans is recognized worldwide for great food, history, and culture. And as Mayor, we will continue to…
Why You Can’t Be Without Your Phone
Martin Graff Ph.D. How attached are you to your phone? “I regularly check my phone even if it does not ring.” “My phone is within easy reach at night.” “If…
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…
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…
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…
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…