So Friday morning as I was walking to the barbershop, I was thinking about Hurricane Irene. It may sound callous, but my thoughts were something…
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So Friday morning as I was walking to the barbershop, I was thinking about Hurricane Irene. It may sound callous, but my thoughts were something…
Photo by Derek Bridges As I am writing this the very last minutes of the Nagin administration are ticking away. I for one am relieved.…
Fiore skewers Nagin.
All eyes are on Senator David Vitter now. But I can’t possibly top the coverage provided by Your Right Hand Thief. Check it out. All…
“I want to make sure that when you’re firing your bullets because you’re dissatisfied you fire them at the right folks.” — The Honorable C.…
If only he’d stopped with his prepared remarks — “and justice for all!” But no… He had to go off script at the end. All…
Kudos to Silence Is Violence for letting people know about Nagin’s State of the City address tomorrow. [Wednesday, May 30, 6:30pm, Nat’l D-Day Museum]
I was just getting ready to post about how sick I am of living amidst piles of garbage, when I came across the latest from…
I wanted to put down some thoughts on Monday’s Senate field hearing, something beyond the raw notes I posted, but I’m finding no clarity. On…
Maybe it’s just my imagination, but it seems that I’ve been hearing sirens constantly the last couple weeks. I think it started just after the…
It is truly humbling to serve as a vessel for community outrage. The speech I gave Thursday — that wasn’t me. That was y’all. I…
I was on the local news last night — top of the ten o’clock hour. They pegged it to Nagin’s 100+3 day press conference, citing…
My take on Mayor Nagin’s re-election? I can’t say it half as well as da po’ boy already did.
I got my sample ballot. Here’s how I plan to vote in the runoff Saturday: Clerk, Criminal District Court Nick Varrecchio, Democrat, Ballot # 21…
Yes, it looks as though everyone I voted for yesterday lost, across the board, no exceptions. I think I was most surprised, and disappointed, that…
I’m skeptical of the polls on the upcoming New Orleans elections. It’s difficult to conduct an accurate poll under our current circumstances. I’ve seen at…
I thought this was a joke at first, but apparently it’s for real. New Orleans is seeking foreign aid. The mayor says: France can take…
Xy and I ventured to the Lower Ninth Ward Monday morning. Caffin and Claiborne is where the Martin Luther King Day parade traditionally begins. In…
I went back to my neighborhood today. The flood-damaged crap which Michael and I had hauled out from my house to the curb was still…
Holy — Mayor Nagin announced that the whole city of New Orleans, except for the Lower 9, will be open by Wednesday, October 5! That’s…