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What the hell? Is this supposed to be funny?? Boys Vs. Girls from Amir on Vimeo . H/T Shakesville Well, luckily, Shakes also offers so...

Debs, suddenly your blog is invite only! Let me back in!

To the Hillary supporters who claim those of us who are disgusted with the Clintons now are just Clinton haters and always have been, I'...

Today, Barack Obama counseled his supporters to be respectful toward Hillary Clinton. After all, he said, she has, among other things, brok...

I wrote this for Memorial Day last year. There have now been 4000 American military people killed in Iraq (along with tens and perhaps hund...

Well, look what tax season and prepping for the LSAT has done to my blog - a month without any new posts. Damn. The stupid LSAT, which I too...

Well, V-Day in New Orleans starts at 10 Friday morning. There is going to be a special blessing ritual to cleanse the Superdome of the ener...

About a month ago, I addressed the issue of my middle name ( here ). Since that time, someone has posted a response asking if perhaps ...

From June 28 to September 21, 2008, the New Orleans Museum of Art will exhibit works by Columbian artist Fernando Botero ( at Artnet , at A...

Big ovaries, baby!

released on February 14, 2008: African-Americans to Conduct Citizens' Arrest in Louisiana of employer accused of modern-day slavery pra...

Last December, a disturbing column appeared in the publication produced by engineering students at the University of Ottawa. The "advic...

Some ver y disturbing readers' comments at a blog I frequently read prompt me to offer the following: I blog mostly about New Orleans; a...

Even schoolchildren know - the best all-purpose insults involve calling someone homosexual or female. A study by the Association of Teachers...

What does putting the focus on recruiting minorities - into a firefighting service that is over 95% white male - add up to in the minds of t...

Tennessee Williams Festival (lightening up from yesterday's post!)

Back during the South Carolina primary, Bill Clinton tried to marginalize Barack Obama by comparing the latter's victory in that state t...

Ha! Hat tip The F Word . The other day this New Orleans talk radio program did a whole show on Obama's pastor and some of McCain's b...

First, my sister passed on the following email from my thirteen year old niece (if this part makes your eyes cross, don't feel bad, just...

So, I went to Mississippi to canvass voters last week. This is what I saw on the way into Natchez. It's a restaurant called Mammy's ...

And my mom too... COME BACK TO NEW ORLEANS Eve Ensler gets it! Ensler in New Orleans: Yesterday I did a blog post about the Mardi Gras India...