Library Chronicles

As is our custom, we walked out and waved at the Phunny Phorty Phellows streetcar on St. Charles Avenue  last Sunday night. And, as you ...

BP wants a re-coun t A court filing Friday by BP says the federal government overestimated the size of the spill because workers captured...

Honestly, it's almost too cartoonish how evil this is. Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to take the dramatic step of abolishing the state incom...

Is the problem here that Latoya Cantrell railroaded Marlon Horton's business based on the racist innuendo of Uptown property owners?  O...

This is another instance of NOPD sending out the notice late in the evening the night before the checkpoint is scheduled to take place and t...

While I'm grateful that GNOCDC is around to share this data with us, I have bristle at the way they choose to present the problem of chr...

Although such things are popular along the parade route this time of year, we're pretty sure the Superbowl will not be played in the s...

Back this evening with stuff. But, for now, get yourself ready for tonight's game .

Congratulations, John Boehner. You broke it, you bought it, I guess . Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) was successfully re-elected as Speaker of t...

WSJ: Offshore driller Transocean Ltd. RIGN.VX   +10.61% and the Justice Department are expected to announce a settlement Thursday ...

And now, so is your payroll tax . How much is the payroll tax going up, and who will be impacted? Workers’ share now returns to 6.2 ...

Word choice, people! Get it together . New Orleans — New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas said his department will be flooding...

RTA says  Carnival activities will take place at their accustomed venues . New Orleans — As Carnival parades prepare to roll down St....

In Monday's T-P Mike Triplett wrote a column in which he argued that Roger Goodell should reinstate Saints coach Sean Payton now rather...

Feds seeking information on 11 additional NOLA.com commenters The aliases that the federal government wants to know more about are as fol...

All you really need on this today is this Digby post.

2012 was so terrible for so many reasons. I'm not going to catalog them tonight.  Feels like I've been saying this at this time ever...

This afternoon, President Obama made a brief statement to the press wherein he expressed optimism that a deal on the so-called "fiscal ...

This was not one of them.  Can't imagine anything more lame.

For many many reasons, the 2012 football season cannot end soon enough. LSU fans, it appears, have already bailed. As of this...

I guess the question I keep coming back to with regard to the negotiations over the fake "fiscal cliff" crisis the congress has ma...

Gambit: Payton and Saints agree in principle to new five-year deal I know of at least three books written (or ghost written)  about the 20...

If  Drew Brees's face can sell us Jimmy Johns and NyQuil and boy bands and such, I don't see how this is really any worse. From W...

Being the best during an era distinguished as the best in memory has got to count for something. Morstead leads the NFL with a 44.4 net a...

The Advocate wants you to know that some legislators enjoy owning horses .  Okay.

This is from a long article about American gun culture written by Richard Hofstadter in 1970 . In 1968, after the assassinations of Robe...

Because, you know, holidays and such still in effect.  But here's Moseley on the long history of intrigue at the US Attorney's off...

If only the stupid Mayans had gotten something right for once. Or

Of all the things Wang is asking Mr. Bingle for here I think Ravens over Giants is probably going to be the most difficult to deliver.  But...

How many corporate second lines and NFL sponsored street closures were approved while this request from locals to stage a real parade was be...

I realize the whole Santa myth is highly implausible .  But that somehow doesn't stop Mrs. Claus from holding me up in traffic on the wa...

There's now a New Yorker profile (CORRECTION: Not a "profile" More accurate to say the story credits him) on the guy Fred He...

Hey, remember William Loiry and his traveling disaster exploitation circus ? Yep, he showed up again . Looks like folks were wise this t...

Advocate: State highway officials plan to start early next year with a six-month study into the feasibility of an alternative route arou...

We're pretty deep into the holiday chaos right now and I haven't had time to post as much here. But before it gets away I wanted to ...

Looks like another school shooting is going to dominate the national news for the next several weeks. Not looking forward to the superficial...

Actually today this time.  Scud edition. #Saints Vitt on bounty transcript leakage: “We knew that the scuds were going to come. WE knew ...

How much oil is dumped into Louisiana's Gulf waters every year?  Probably much more than we ever learn about. Another oil company is...

Okay well actually at an earlier date, Joe Vitt said: Offering to take a lie detector test, Vitt challenged versions given by Williams a...