New Orleans      Now that we’re almost a month away from the US presidential election, the picture is getting clearer, even if the final analysis might still be evading us. Contrary to many claims, this was no landslide.  Harris was not blown away by Trump.  I’m not even sure the votes have all been …

            New Orleans       Give the devil his due.  Trump swept all the battleground states.  He is the first Republican in 20 years to win the popular vote.  His performance at the polls improved among virtually all voting groups in 2024.  He can complain how the election was rigged, but if it was, it was …

            New Orleans        Reading my local paper, The New Orleans Times-Picayune Advocate, I couldn’t help but read an article about a pollster in the north Louisiana city of Shreveport, despite my commitment these days to not read anything about polls or the polls themselves.  I actually read it more than once, because I wasn’t …