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Gulf Coast Politics
T-P Editorial: Stop the tariffs on Brazil!
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Oct. 8) Now that better relations are percolating between President Donald Trump and Brazilian President…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Louisiana is over-reliant on federal largesse
(Oct. 9, column as published, here, on how Louisiana gets more of its budget from the federal government than any…
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National Politics
By all historical, logical standards, Dems are wrong on shutdown
(Oct. 3) Amid the usual posturing from both parties in Congress, one side in this week’s government shutdown theater has been…
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Gulf Coast Politics
RIP, Louis Lambert: Lessons from Louisiana in 1979
(Oct. 2) Reporter Tyler Bridges’ excellent Sept. 28 news obituary for longtime Louisiana politician Louis Lambert brought back a flood of memories.…
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National Politics
The world must atone for rampant anti-Semitism
(Sept. 28) In any honest discussion of faith in the modern world, there is no getting around this reality: One people…
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Gulf Coast Politics
State needs to catalogue and deal with abandoned wells
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 28, ever-so-slightly altered) Thousands of abandoned oil wells or platforms dot the waters off…
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National Politics
The best expert says Ukraine is winning
(Sept. 21) Never mind all those American news reports that Russian drone attacks are successfully weakening Ukraine and frightening Poland. The…
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Sports and Culture
Cafe Reconcile turns 25, teaches job skills
(Sept. 18) Look, up in Central City! It’s a job training center. It’s life-skills development. It’s a neighborhood redevelopment catalyst. It’s…
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Sports and Culture
Editorial: Saints need to sign the Dome lease already
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, Sept. 21) In football, almost the worst mistake imaginable is a fumble on the one-yard…
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National Politics
Don’t blame all of “them” for the awful murder of Kirk
(September 11) Note: The published version of this column is here. What follows is an earlier, unedited draft, but in…
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