New Orleans Conservatives and the rich whine about affirmative action and whether or not their sweet, young things are being denied their rightful entitlements to privileged college and university placements. All manner of people yell and holler about the shoe, clothing, and athletic departments passing some money over to athletes and their families who …
Month: March 2019
The NRA is a Huge Swamp Creature
New Orleans The National Rifle Association or NRA is rarely confused with anything that would seem soft and fuzzy given its hard edge, take-no-prisoners, win-at-all-costs attitude about anything that might even vaguely resemble gun control. When President Trump speaks of cleaning up the Washington DC swamp of lobbying and influence peddling, he pretty much has …
Opportunity Zones Open the Door to More Rip-offs of the Poor
New Orleans The Trump-McConnell-Ryan tax giveaway of 2017 is a bad penny that just keeps coming up again and again. Although it was a stupendous tax break for corporations and the rich, the president tried to disguise its real purpose by claiming it would give working- and middle-class taxpayers a break. Headlines abound now about …