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Jindal gaining reputation for punishing those who stand in his way

by Tyler Bridges

One October evening at the Chimes restaurant in Baton Rouge, former Gov. Kathleen Blanco leaned across the table to Robert Mann. “You do have tenure, don’t you?” Mann, a communications professor at Louisiana State University, gets that ominous question just about every day. Mann does indeed have tenure, meaning LSU officials cannot terminate him without […]

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School music programs, marching bands staging post-Katrina comeback

by Michael Patrick Welch

Sitting still doesn’t come naturally to a lot of kids. Getting students to sit still long enough to learn is often the teachers’ hardest job. But weeks before school officially began at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, eager students sat for hours at a time, practicing their horns under […]

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The New Orleans dilemma: Is it hip to be so very, very 'hip'?

by C.W. Cannon

Congratulations, New Orleanians! The April 2012 Travel & Leisure magazine has voted you the fourth hippest city in America! If only we could pin down what “hip” is supposed to mean, we could feel even prouder. There is, of course, a great deal of confusion about what defines “hip,” and the definition also appears to […]

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Earl updated: Don’t tweet or blog what you can wink or nod

by Mark Moseley

Eight years ago, I was up at odd hours of the night, helping my wife care for a newborn. After a bit of noodling on the internet I discovered and joined the wonderful (and wonderfully small) community of South Louisiana bloggers. We discussed politics and current events and mocked the stupid things written on other […]

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Does the Canal Street brothel offer peephole on River Birch strategy?

by Mark Moseley

Federal prosecutor Sal Perricone submitted his resignation to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten on Tuesday. It’s a shame because Perricone is one of the smartest guys in the region. Or at least that’s how he portrayed himself in the comment boards on nola.com. There, Perricone posed as the cyclops in the land of the blind. Everyone […]

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Tulane quest to rezone 'peripheral' properties dominates Master Plan hearing

by Karen Gadbois

The Planning Commission as well as the general public logged late hours at City Hall Tuesday night. The occasion was an Amendments to the Master Plan meeting, and while it kicked off smartly at 6 p.m., it didn’t break up until 10. The recently adopted Master Plan has a provision that allows the public to […]

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Tea Partyers lick chops as GOP moderate enters presidential fray

by Mark Moseley

Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman announced for president this morning, which may well mean it’s downhill from here. That’s right, national Huntsmania may never get more intense than it is right now, so let’s all savor this political apex. I suspect it will be fleeting. Huntsman is a Republican who served as U.S. ambassador to […]

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Flooding? – who cares! We must stamp out looting before it starts!

by Mark Moseley

Surely we all can agree that the first priority in the aftermath of a devastating mega-disaster is very clear: looting must be severely punished, even if the heavens fall. That’s why we should celebrate the upcoming fifth anniversary of the 15 year prison sentence Judge Hans Liljeberg bestowed upon two looters who lifted warm beer […]

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