COMMENTARY
Not Just the Usual Suspects

NEWS FEATURE
CEP Meets the Press
A private education company, dogged by bad press and contract woes in other cities, makes a bid for New Orleans.
By Eileen Loh Harrist

BOUQUETS & BRICKBATS
The Best and the Worst of the Week

POLITICS
No Excuses
By Clancy DuBos

SCUTTLEBUTT
Contributed by Michael Tisserand

VIRGETS
Faces in the Crowd
By Ronnie Virgets

PENNY POST
Simmertime Blues
By Andrei Codrescu