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…
Is New Orleans a Safe Place to Call Home?
By Jeff Thomas What’s big and yellow, has four wheels and sleeps 6-10 people? A Sewerage and Water Board truck. This old joke was emblematic of the perceived waste…
The Failure of Mitch Landrieu
By Jeff Thomas A case study of the failure of the Mitch Landrieu administration At the end of his administration Ray Nagin got indicted and convicted of fraud. While Nagin…
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.”…
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,…
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…