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On the long shelf life of bad memories

Katrina's pain has faded after 20 years. I can't let the fervor for tradition fade with it.

Aug 27, 2025 • Kevin McGill

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I feel your Maine

Maine’s 2026 Senate race may not be Louisiana's 1991 “race from hell.” But way down here in Louisiana, there are some unsettling echoes.

Jun 15 • Kevin McGill

If you wanted to prove climate change is a "hoax," why would you cut research that, you would think, might do just that?

Jun 7 • Kevin McGill

Premature evaluation

Weeks before the candidates are selected, months before the general election, a newspaper gives an editorial nod to, admittedly, the likely winner. Why?

May 30 • Kevin McGill

Bill Cassidy: Free at last

Out of contention for another term, the lame-duck senator can call out Trump's self-dealing.

May 24 • Kevin McGill

Primary dolors, and a MAGA enforcer's bizarre muscle flex in Louisiana

Donald Trump’s removal of an insufficiently loyal supplicant here in Louisiana was scary. A MAGA acolyte’s bizarre threat against New Orleans’ elected…

May 18 • Kevin McGill

It's election day in Louisiana

To keep us on our toes, our state officials have provided us with an enticing combination of partisan primaries, non-partisan races and more amendments…

May 16 • Kevin McGill

The truth is out there

But why pay attention to it when you can look at old UFO images? My latest guide to distractions in the news.

May 11 • Kevin McGill

All over the map

Forbidden: gerrymandering to protect historically disadvantaged voters. Allowed: gerrymandering to further empower the already powerful.

May 2 • Kevin McGill

On forced faith

How an obviously unconstitutional exercise in religious pandering squeaked through an appeals court; also, good-bye to Jack Thornell, who captured…

Apr 25 • Kevin McGill

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