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What sort of rarefied out of touch representative of the analyst class stores his Whup-Ass in bottles anyway ? Even while they acknowledge t...

It isn't that I think the advice given out by consultants and headhunting firms should actually be heeded. It's just that I imagine...

Miles' recruits already jumping ship.

I'm sure this is being passed around all over today but I can't imagine a more perfect example of mission failure than journalists s...

Once upon a time we used to name public buildings after prominent citizens we, for whatever reason, felt deserved that particular remembranc...

Video of Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters condemned by President Karzai

"I like being able to fire people" -- Mitt Romney It's time to fire Les Miles. I know, I know, I'm fully aware of all tha...

The big shocking revelation I just made up would be I think Huntsman will overtake Paul tonight in New Hampshire. Other than that, I got not...

Although I will differ a bit and say my most recent visit to Casamento's was, in fact, not worth it at all.

"The thing that I remind myself in politics and in sporting events," he says, "there are valleys and mountains. Sometimes thi...

"Do you have a question?" BCS post game press conference moderator to a deranged and angry Bobby Hebert

Harry Connick's evidence suppressing DA's office still scoring big time all these years later .

May we humbly refer you to the worst Jarvis DeBerry Column ever . I know DeBerry likes to insert imaginary characters into some of his writi...

After 4 or 5 days of sitting on the pilot's lap while pretending to fly the Direct TV blimp over New Orleans, today is the day Les is ex...

FDL : Santorum about to crash now in New Hampshire. I know we're all supposed to be watching South Carolina more closely anyway, and tha...

JP Morgan bankster Bill Daley is (finally) out as Obama's Chief of Staff. There is much rejoicing . Expected to be replaced by Citigroup...

BP Ad Campaign Following Gulf Oil Spill Deemed 'Propaganda' By Some NEW ORLEANS -- Nearly 20 months after its massive Gulf of Mexic...

The New Orleans Saints once drafted a man named "Saints"... or more accurately, they drafted former San Diego State QB Todd Santos...

Daddy Mitch is very disappointed in the behavior here. New Orleans Saints' victory leads to stabbing at local bar CHATTANOOGA (WRCB)— P...

With the Saints in a playoff game last night and an old hated rival next on the schedule the talk last night turned to 1987. But not all of...

Mayor of New Orleans excludes (admittedly screwy) local chapter of NAACP from MLK Day celebration because of petty political grudge then ad...

River Birch Landfill's clout seen in federal legislation Vitter once urged President George W. Bush to appoint Heebe as U.S. attorney in...

Bob Marshall: Hey, Detroit: New Orleans knows why you love your Lions. It's not just the winning record. Not just Matthew Stafford'...

In advance of tomorrow's wildcard round (wildcard round!) playoff game between the 13-3 (13 and 3! in the wildcard round!) Saints and th...

You could do a lot worse than watching this BookTV In Depth with Chis Hedges .

WWL radio's Bob DelGiorno Retires WWL AM-870 and FM-105.3 morning man Bob DelGiorno announced his retirement from the station today afte...

I've been wondering if Brett Anderson's Roast Beef Po-Boy series in the T-P had been boosting sales at local sandwich shops. While ...

Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams who was once famously recorded shouting from the sideline that safety Malcolm Jenkins is a ...

The racketeers who run the tourism industry down there are no doubt pleased . If the Twitters are any indication (and when are they not?) th...

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom Slavomir Rawicz Rawicz was a Polish ex-pat living in Britain when he dictated this questi...

Ultra-conservative kook Rick Santorum finishes second in the Iowa Caucus on Tuesday night and the next day we've got New Orleans City Co...

James Gill on Police Chief Serpas' obscene policy of informing the public after each murder that the victim "had it coming" in...

The building that currently houses Tracey's has been home to so many failed businesses over the past 5- 10 years that I'm not sure I...

I stayed up just late enough last night to watch a furnance-faced Mitt Romney speed read through a speech like a coked up version of the guy...

Tonight the eyes of the nation will be mostly glued elsewhere... possibly the Sugar Bowl.. when probably fewer than 200,000 Republicans in I...

What with all the to-do and hoo-hah and such I neglected to read Drew Magary's brief "Year of the Troll" Deadspin column . Whi...

I disagree with him regarding the specific restaurants he calls out (but oddly doesn't name.) I very much enjoyed Ancora, for example. B...

The New Orleans plutocrat consensus already has several media outlets which present us with its point of view. The Times-Picayune editorial...

Gambit 's Ian McNulty finds a roast beef po boy vendor in the Superdome terrace. Sight never seen in our section. Oh well. On the other...

There are about 12 hours left in what's been a truly awful calendar year mitigated a little bit, perhaps, by the not at all classless fo...

Four lane divided street with a 25 mph speed limit may seem a minor inconvenience for some, for others it's a revenue opportunity . The ...

Maybe a gesture like this will finally get people's attention although I rather doubt it. One major tactic that might truly derail the ...

There's that "classless" complaint about Brees breaking the passing yardage record Monday. There's the weird "dirty p...

Yesterday we touched on the fact that Ron Paul is plenty nutty enough on his own accord that there should be no need to attack him through t...

Robert Reich actually wrote those words in association with the idea of putting Hillary on the ticket. We are so screwed.

Haven't had one of these in ages. Was beginning to think Serpas had forgotten us.. what with all the murders and stuff. New Orleans Pol...

I'm about to give up on this shit. If the press is going to append the descriptive headline "bold changes" to every Jindal s...

Nigeria's Worst Offshore Spill in a Decade Expands While Shell Says Spill Is Contained

In perhaps his most unintentionally astute act of introspection Ray Nagin once told us this , "Politics in New Orleans is the dominant ...

I thought the whole point was that it was just crispy enough the way it was. I know Brett Anderson's roast beef po-boy series is a bit o...

Good catch by Josh Marshall here. The crazy stuff Ron Paul says with his own mouth this year is every bit as nutty as the stuff his newsle...

Meanwhile try to make the most of the holiday. Try not to kick anybody in the face. I'll leave you with these Salon's Justin Elliot:...

" Feinberg has welcomed the independent evaluation and already agreed to pay for it ."

I mean, I don't really think we're doing that but I couldn't help but wonder just a little when I read this post where he says...