By Oliver Thomas New Orleans is one of the most interesting places in the world. Although a small southern city, New Orleans has had some of the biggest big city…
Which Mental Illness Is Most Disabling?
Functional impairment associated with different disorders is examined. by Arash Emamzadeh While there is no consensus on the exact definition of disability (especially psychological disability), there is greater recognition these…
How to Stop Car Breakins in NOLA
Just putting more police on the street won’t work. By Jeff Thomas The response to the uptick in car burglaries in NOLA is the definition of insanity. Yet understandably people…
Women of Color Attorneys
Burning Down Walls of Corruption & Injustice By C.C. Campbell-Rock “They dreamed a world where they would use the laws and doctrines of their oppressors to defeat them,” Janai S.…
Data Hazard: Irrelevant Information Contaminates Judgment
Research shows the lasting effect of numerical anchors on valuation judgments. Alain Samson Ph.D. Imagine I asked you whether the number of steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower…
Has the Internet Really Changed Anything About Sexuality?
There’re dating apps, digital sex toys, and 24/7 porn. But is any of it profound? Marty Klein Ph.D. Like Facebook, Google, and our phones increasingly guide our choices and dominate…
How to Stop Wasting Time and Improve Your Personal Effectiveness
Productivity doesn’t suggest that you get the right things done. It just means you get a lot of stuff done. But that’s not what matters. From Darius Foroux The reason…
Mayor Cantrell: “You Cut Me Deep…”
New Orleans’ Mayor Fights for a Fair Share of Tourism Tax Dollars By C.C. Campbell-Rock Mayor LaToya Cantrell is continuing her fight to redistribute the wealth held by state-empowered and…
Legislators Debate Insurance Rates
One Call And That Might Not Be All By Kenneth Cooper There’s this bill, supposedly the most important bill being debated this legislative session. This most important bill is designed…