New Orleans I won’t speculate, as experts do in the Times, about whether or not Trump is losing it, because I can’t verify that he ever “had it,” given his nth degree of narcissism. I can say that if he was borderline before, he’s crossed over into another territory now with his recent …
Category: Religion
Churches Unbound
New Orleans Recently, in response to a bit of push and shove from the Trump administration and its compliant appointees, the IRS announced that churches will now be able to make political endorsements to its members. There wasn’t much attention given to this announcement. Most commentators simply shrugged, since mostly the restriction against …
An American Pope with Roots in New Orleans
San Francisco Despite falling membership and expensive scandals in many countries, the Catholic Church still matters in many communities, making the selection of a new pope something of interest and importance. In a historically Catholic city, like New Orleans, where memories persist of fish Fridays, Lent denials, Mardi Gras, and ashen foreheads on …


