Jan
10
2021
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise voted against increasing the $600 coronavirus relief checks. Photo by Stefani Reynolds / The Associated Press
Like most Americans, I was saddened watching the attempted coup unfold in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, I was not surprised,...
Dec
27
2020
Delacroix in 2010. Photo by Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune
So how does 2020 grade in Louisiana’s struggle to prevent the environmental, economic and social disaster caused by its sinking, crumbling, drowning bottom third?
I’ll give it a “D.”
It avoided a solid “F”...
Dec
13
2020
I have a question for Louisiana Republicans who chose Donald Trump and a GOP congressman in the recent election.
Would you have voted for someone who promised to put more poison in your children’s air and water? Or decided their...
Nov
28
2020
After further review (a historically complete and exhaustive review), the call from the American people has been confirmed: Donald Trump has been fired and Joe Biden has been hired as president.
But there was another call at the polls that...
Nov
15
2020
In the postelection chaos that gripped the nation, many readers may have missed last week’s historic announcement by Gov. Jon Bel Edwards: Louisiana is going to join the energy industry!
The path to this new economy will be a state-directed...
Nov
01
2020
For as long as I’ve been covering and opining on coastal and other environmental concerns I’ve heard this refrain from friends and readers: “I hate the environmental policies of that candidate and party (usually Republican), but I can’t vote...
Oct
18
2020
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, most headlines focused on the message that sent for the future of abortion rights. But I was focused on its other message: Now the only hope for saving some of Louisiana’s drowning bottom...
Sep
20
2020
When Gov. John Bel Edwards last month announced his step-by-step plan to put Louisiana on a path to “net zero” global warming emissions by 2050, a lot of hyperbolic boos and cheers followed. Those who make their livings mining...
Sep
06
2020
History is full of disasters that befell nations, states and cities when warnings were ignored. Some of the most infamous have happened in the past few decades.
Remember when President George W. Bush disregarded reports “Bin Laden Determined to Strike...
Aug
23
2020
The future of Louisiana’s fight for coastal life depends on three sources: the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, the policies coming from Washington D.C. — and the person you see in a mirror.
Given those markers, I sought an...
