Opinion polls indicate that the United States is ready for a black president. I don’t think so — or at least, they’re not ready down here in this part of the country:
GREENWOOD, La. — Two shotgun blasts were fired into the home of the town’s mayor, who says he had been cursed at […]
The last of our Christmas presents finally arrived, in the form of family from New England, in the middle of the Friday night.
They brought their four-month-old baby girl, too, and I’m here to tell ya — nothing going on in the world compares with a baby blowing bubbles and babbling.
I’ll be back in the swing […]
The regular season is done, my Saints are in, and the Less Worthies hit the field this weekend in a last-ditch effort to save themselves.
Since I finished the regular season 142-114 against the spread, I’m tempted to say I’m getting the hang of this guessing game very serious business of football picks… except I […]
The last couple of posts were unbelievably depressing to write; I need a pick-me-up. Luckily, New York City seems to be showcasing heroes this week.
First there was the subway savior, who received the Bronze Medallion from New York City’s mayor yesterday (from The Gothamist):
Gothamist loves the story because it’s incredible on so many levels that […]
There’s a beautiful hotel on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. It’s rooms and suites are individually named and uniquely decorated, the floors tilt ever-so-slightly, and nothing is quite plumb.
I stayed there many times pre-Katrina — but I was always just a bit uncomfortable, because conversation with the doorman invariably went along these lines:
Doorman: […]
One week shy of a year ago, the Bring New Orleans Back commission unveiled their recommendations for recovery and rebuilding NOLA. The response was underwhelming, as the Washington Post wrote in January 2006:
Hundreds of residents packed into a hotel ballroom interrupted the presentation of the long-awaited proposal with shouts and taunts, booed its main architect […]
From WorldNetDaily (of all places) comes this:
A radio talk-show entertainer whose earlier statements that he “may” have to assassinate members of Congress if the wrong people were elected Nov. 7 now has set a timetable for those killings.
In a statement on his website, Hal Turner noted that a newspaper has reported that a bill granting […]
I haven’t read Barack Obama’s first book, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance*, but according to this morning’s Washington Post, it’s an illuminating tome that exposes (among other things) that Obama was once young! And that he made bad choices over 20 years ago!
Obama’s revelations were not an issue during […]