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Photo of the Day
In honor of the NFL opener tonight between the Vikings and the Saints. Photo by JustUptown
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Amy Grant is a whore
FYI…It’s called “Adultery” and it’s one of the Ten Commandments. Check it out sometime. I was in the shower Sunday night when a thought ran through my head. I have no idea why this thought ran...
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Superdad Chris Shulgan on ‘Cocaine’s Son’
‘Superdad’ author Christopher Shulgan reviews Dave Itzkoff’s new memoir about his relationship with his cocaine-addict father. Recently my kids and I finished reading the great children’s novel Jacob...
View ArticleGreat Moments in History, Narrated by Gus Johnson
As we told you last week, Gus Johnson is one of the best things about March Madness. Every game he announces is automatically way more exciting, regardless of what is actually happening on the court....
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Bad Sports: NFL’s Saints Pay For Pain
Jamie Reidy riffs on the news that New Orleans Saints defenders purposely tried to knock opposing players out of the game for cash. During the past three seasons members of the New Orleans Saints’...
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Lame: ‘I’ll Have Another’ Won’t Go for Triple Crown
Jamie Reidy comments on the devastating news that Triple Crown threat I’ll Have Another will not run the Belmont Stakes. I attended my first Kentucky Derby in 2004; that’s the “Smarty Jones” Derby, as...
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Lois Lane
Superman has no need for Lois Lane. When someone dies in West Virginia, the custom is to hold a wake in your house. Bootleggers and moonshiners suffice for priests on religious occasions. I’m holding a...
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Emotional Intelligence of Mass Extinction
How do you live with the awareness of death on a massive scale? People out there were having it a whole lot worse than me and mine and I was perfectly happy to think about what I did not have to...
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The Plague
What do we owe our neighbors in times of crisis? Most readers know “The Plague,” the 1948 masterpiece by Albert Camus, because it was Assigned Reading in school. If you were taking something like 20th...
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New Report Shows Violent Crime Rates Linked to Lead Poisoning
The rise and fall of leaded gasoline directly mimics the arc of violent crime in America. The rate of violent crime in the U.S. has been falling for years now, but no one seems to know why. Many...
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BREAKING NEWS: Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted On Federal...
A city contractor allegedly gave “concealed and direct campaign monies” to Nagin. Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans who sent out the “SOS” to the nation during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, was...
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Superdome Blackout Caused by “Abnormality in the System”
Superdome spokesman Eric Eagan said, “We sincerely apologize for the incident.” Officials in New Orleans have said the 34 minute blackout in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome that stopped the Super Bowl was...
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Months of Lockdown
While in lockdown, poet and prisoner Spoon Jackson flies in his mind’s eye, witness to freedom and injustice. Editor’s Note: Spoon Jackson has served over 35 years of a life sentence in prison. This...
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Call for Op-Eds From New Editor
Christian Coleman, the Good Men Project’s new Op-Ed editor, tells a little about himself and asks for your input. I’ve got an opinion about nearly everything. I’m going to assume that you do, as well....
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Teach Consent in Classrooms [OpEd]
Christian Coleman argues we need to teach consent in high school classrooms and he’s proposing legislation to make that mandatory. Sexual assault legislation has focused almost exclusively, on...
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Give It Up For Good: The Zulu Mardi Gras Krewe
The Zulu Mardi Gras Krewe continued its long history of helping the needy and celebrating New Orleans culture. — The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure club was founded in 1916 as the first...
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The Blurred Lines of Socially Acceptable Male Nudity
I cross-dressed during my first year in college. The pictures exist. But you’ll never find them. — Here I am in New Orleans, and there’s a man walking around the French Quarter in a black miniskirt,...
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Was Trayvon Martin Mistaken for This Kid? [Op-Ed]
Another black kid in another southern state was shot because someone thought he was a threat. — A kid was shot in New Orleans. That’s not news. A fourteen-year old kid was shot in New Orleans. Still...
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Herman Wallace Dies Just Days After Being Released From Prison
Herman Wallace passed away surrounded by family and friends, finally free after serving over 40 years in solitary confinement in a Louisiana prison. — According to his attorney and a close friend,...
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‘Treme’ Back for Fourth and Final Season
Five Episode series finale kicks off December 1. Say it ain’t so. HBO’s brilliant New Orleans based series is coming to a close after four great years. How will the story of Treme, a neighborhood...
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