Guest columnists

July 16, 2014

Second-guessing the Nagin era

In a recent letter to U.S. District Judge Helen Berrigan, Jarin Nagin writes: “I can remember my dad asking my brother and I, ‘what would y’all […]
July 16, 2014

Are we doomed to polarization

We Americans are trapped in a political dilemma. We all like representative democracy, but we don’t much like the way it’s performing. The reason for this […]
July 22, 2014

Pension law change skirts transparency

These are the kind of backroom deals that make people angry and distrustful of government. In the final hours of the legislative session, state lawmakers crafted […]
July 22, 2014

Again, the Isolationist Smear

It doesn’t take much to be smeared as an isolationist by leading Republicans. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who appears to be running for president again, and […]