May
26
2019
“Shrill” and “existential” are two words I have spent a lot of time living with over the past few years.
I’ve been reporting about how peer-reviewed research, projected trends and actual ground-based measurements show that if the causes of our...
May
12
2019
History is full of moments when communities facing an existential challenge have two fates.
They are saved by courageous leaders who ignore personal risks to show the way. Or they become examples of disastrous, life-ending choices.
Climate change has clearly placed...
Apr
29
2019
One of the embarrassing facts of American political life is that most of us only pay attention when the debate is about so-called “kitchen table issues.” Our lives are so busy and hectic, researchers claim, we don’t get involved...
Feb
10
2019
When speaking to non-Louisianians about the causes and possible solutions to my state’s coastal crisis I usually end up facing some embarrassing questions. Such as:
Why do residents in the area most threatened by climate change elect politicians who fight...
Jan
27
2019
OK class, today’s quiz involves news judgment. Which of these stories was the most important information for Louisiana and the nation over the past two weeks:
The fight over President Donald Trump’s border wall; the special counsel investigation into Trump’s...
Jan
13
2019
One of the greatest hurdles facing progress on the two mortal threats facing Louisiana’s coastal future — land loss and sea level rise caused by climate change — has been a sense of hopelessness broaching on fatalism. It’s a...
Dec
02
2018
Ever since Black Friday I haven’t been able to get the term “political malfeasance” out of my mind. No, it has nothing to do with the annual bout of combat shopping that takes place the day after Thanksgiving.
It’s something...
Nov
18
2018
Today I’m wondering what Republicans – and other self-described conservatives – would think of this story.
"A man arrives at the emergency room of the local hospital with blood pouring from a severed artery in his leg. The doctors quickly...
Oct
21
2018
The truism that elections have consequences will never be more accurate than this Nov. 6 when residents living in the congressional districts of U.S. Reps. Steve Scalise, Clay Higgins and Garret Graves go to the polls.
This includes all or...
