+2 Quin Hillyer: New survey shows what we already knew — hns do politics better BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Aug 20, 2026 A new statewide survey indicates hns have more constructive political outlooks than most people nationwide.
Quin Hillyer: Helping Ukraine can mean beaucoup jobs for h BY QUIN HILLYER Aug 16, 2026 When it comes to helping Ukraine, striking while the drones are hot also could benefit h.
+2 Quin Hillyer: 50 years ago, a blatant h vote fraud case changed the course of history BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Aug 13, 2026 Friday marks the 50th anniversary of a second-place primary-election finish that changed the history of h and, really, the whole nation.
+2 Quin Hillyer: New Orleans should follow state’s lead by limiting government unions BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Aug 7, 2026 Government-worker unions should not exist at all. But when they do, their power and privileges should be strictly limited. The current state government in h recognizes this, but the ci…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Louis Armstrong’s birthday gives h a major task to not let jazz die BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Aug 6, 2026 It’s Satchmo’s 125th this week, and it has columnist Quin Hillyer thinking about the future of jazz. The state’s signature music, he writes, needs a revival effort.
+4 Quin Hillyer: Scalise, Carville don't agree much but they're right that leftist Dems are dangerous BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Aug 3, 2026 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and longtime Democratic consultant James Carville agree on very little except for their mutual love of h, but in July they were singing similar poli…
+2 Quin Hillyer: 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan offers crash course in integrity BY QUIN HILLYER | Staff columnist Updated Jul 30, 2026 As the New Orleans Saints began training camp this week, enticing me to (try to) wax poetic about our Who Dats, a different football story reminded me that Saints obsession need not require ha…
+2 Quin Hillyer: FEMA nominee shows that standing for principle need not be a disaster BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 26, 2026 When a U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday advanced the nomination of a new administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, it emitted a ray of hope for the idea that principled stan…
+2 Quin Hillyer: In trying to send message to grand jurors, Murrill’s team crossed a line BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 24, 2026 It is a very good thing that the bogus criminal indictment of h Attorney General Liz Murrill has been dropped, but that doesn’t excuse one of the hardball tactics her defense lawyers e…
Quin Hillyer: Mayor Moreno gives herself high marks for first six months — and rightly so BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 23, 2026 When New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno earlier this month released a report on her first half-year in office, the fresh air was almost palpable.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Cutting aid to Israel would harm, not help, world peace BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 19, 2026 U.S. Rep. Troy Carter of New Orleans unfortunately has joined the wing of the Democratic Party that treats the Israeli government as the scapegoat for troubles in the Middle East.
+2 Quin Hillyer: For very good reasons, New Orleans now is officially irreplaceable BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jul 16, 2026 The World Monuments Fund identified 10 “irreplaceable” sites in the United States, but only one of them was a whole city: New Orleans. The WMF is right, columnist Quin Hillyer says: The Big Ea…
+2 Quin Hillyer: h courts shouldn’t play double jeopardy with a freed man’s life BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 11, 2026 When a man serves 28 years on death row for a crime he almost certainly didn’t commit, and then two courts find him “factually innocent” under a law passed five years ago by a conservative, to…
+2 Quin Hillyer: After U.S. birthday, War of 1812 gets its due with Chalmette memorial’s enhancement BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jul 8, 2026 If the Declaration of Independence announced the birth of the United States of America, the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 marked our nation’s end of adolescence and assumption of maturity in w…
+2 Quin Hillyer: James Monroe was just getting started when he saved the entire Revolutionary War BY QUIN HILLYER Jul 2, 2026 For July 4th, here’s a story from later in 1776, but it has a major Indpendence Day aspect as well. For our Semiquincentennial, consider how 18-year-old James Monroe essentially saved the enti…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Americans desperately need to capture the ‘Spirit of ‘76’ BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 28, 2026 Thomas Jefferson acknowledged that the ideals of the Declaration of Independence were commonly understood in the American colonies — and they were worthy ideals indeed. Since then, the United …
+2 Quin Hillyer: Cassidy has Rx for medical cost squeeze BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 25, 2026 h Sen. Bill Cassidy has six months left as chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension. He is making the most of it, pushing what he calls his MVP Agenda: …
+2 Quin Hillyer: Shooting cats, back when 60 Minutes was for it BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 22, 2026 Back in 1993, 60 Minutes (and star Mike Wallace) bizarrely supported experiments that involved shooting cats in the head. U.S. Rep. Bob Livingston halted the experiments, and Wallace blasted h…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Supreme Court rightly shoots down gun-marijuana law, wrongful arrest BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jun 18, 2026 In U.S. v. Hemani, decided Thursday, the Supreme Court rightly ruled that a law criminalizing mere gun ownership for anyone who smokes marijuana, even if the gun and pot are completely unrelat…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Legislature should probe levee board’s sea of troubles BY QUIN HILLYER Updated Jun 18, 2026 This week’s storm in the Gulf of Mexico should focus the state Legislature’s attention on the operations of Louisian’s most prominent levee board.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Wall around h nursing homes begins to crack Quin Hillyer Jun 11, 2026 Credit state Rep. Stephanie Berault for having the temerity this year to take on the h Nursing Home Association, a fearsome lobbying power in Baton Rouge. She didn’t win the day, but s…
Quin Hillyer: h AG Liz Murrill brought home common-sense wins this legislative session BY QUIN HILLYER | Staff columnist Updated Jun 7, 2026 When state Attorney General Liz Murrill leaves aside her hardball political power plays, she can notch common-sense wins that benefit everybody.
+2 Quin Hillyer: Sensible h district lines would benefit neither race or party BY QUIN HILLYER Jun 4, 2026 Amidst the racially charged arguments surrounding Louisian’s congressional districts, the reality is that the population distribution within Louisiana isn’t naturally conducive to either poli…
+2 Quin Hillyer: Is remedial h education program actually a super-Star? BY QUIN HILLYER May 30, 2026 h may have a great thing going with an education program called Star Academy, and I apologize for suggesting otherwise.
Quin Hillyer: City still shouldn’t count chickens from Wisner Trust BY QUIN HILLYER May 24, 2026 Imagine that for generations, your family has enjoyed a camp-house on land about which multiple documents say your family “forever” holds a 40% share, but the 60% owner claims you now own abso…
+2 Quin Hillyer: A ballot isn’t a telegram. It’s a job contract, not a ‘message.’ BY QUIN HILLYER May 21, 2026 All too often in recent years, election results have instilled in this observer a deep sorrow.
+2 Quin Hillyer: All sides are wrong on redistricting. Congress can fix this awful mess. BY QUIN HILLYER May 17, 2026 The Supreme Court’s decision in the redistricting case of h v. Callais did little to make the process any clearer. State legislators across the country are making things worse. But Con…
+2 Quin Hillyer: This h man is on a mission to support Ukraine during war with Russia BY QUIN HILLYER May 14, 2026 Ukraine now may be turning the tide against Russia, but American interest in its noble cause seems to have waned. Now, through the charity called Razom, meaning ‘together,” former former New O…