Mark Ballard, Capitol Bureau Chief for The Advocate, surveys the local and national political landscape. Conservative columnist and commentator Quin Hillyer of New Orleans on the nomination to the Supreme Court of Brett Kavanaugh and the New York Times report of shaky financial dealings by the Trump family. Katherine Marsh, author of “Nowhere Boy,” on here move to Belgium for three years to excape the politicizations of American life. Chair Prescott Bailey on the LASM Gala tomorrow night.