Library Chronicles

Not sure what the big deal is here . Coastal towns would enjoy an economic boon from a massive oil spill in the Great Australian Bight, BP...

It may be that LaToya has too much to do right now to be too involved in the legislative session. None of the articles citing her "def...

Many things happen at once around these here parts.  Never gonna get to all of it. 

Gentrification is a deliberate policy choice . In “ Rigging the Real Estate Market: Segregation, Inequality and Disaster Risk ,” a team o...

I thought the city spent two years and multiple stops and starts in the process in order to give the WTC deal to somebody who had their shit...

We all saw this coming the minute they took up the debate. Um. Pretty sure @repdodiehorton just cited the Daily Currant, which is a sat...

Does Puerto Rico even have water yet ? Colorado State University forecasters expect a "slightly above-average" Atlantic  hurrica...

It's too much this week and last. I don't even know where to begin. Especially when Drew Brees turns out to be the mark for a chang...

  The Tom Benson state funeral, Mitch's big book tour, um.. the new Zelda game and other stuff is discussed here. Last week was weird...

Tom Wheeler was head of the FCC under Obama.  Before that he was, naturally, a telecom lobbyist.  Here he is aggressively suppressing the re...

I know, I know. Mitch is running all over the country promoting his book , picking up bogus awards , sitting on panels , spewing his neo-li...

We already know what the votes are going to be when we ask for a minimum wage increase too meager to be of any benefit to anyone anyway . ...

This is the Louisiana version of Obamacare repeal. Certain Republicans who either depend heavily on law enforcement support and/or happen to...

Just in time to decommission them . Now all the pumps at the mouths of the outfall canals in New Orleans use stainless steel, corps spoke...

Back in November, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (wow.. not fired yet!) had a private meeting with Mitch in order to resolve some publ...

Now we can all get on with our lives .  How many mock drafting days left until Christmas?

When I wrote about the strip club thing last week, I left this bit out because I wasn't 100 percent sure I heard her correctly.  But, y...

The case study in this article is about Seattle but it points to a nationwide phenomenon much like what we've just watched play out re...

This 17th Street Canal water seepage was a bit of deja vu. The seepage Moore and his Lakeview neighbors have seen lately is not new . P...

This is a touchy conversation to have in New Orleans . It comes too close to threatening a perpetual scam run by some Very Important people....

It was barely even a month ago, during the height of the Carnival season, when we witnessed this brief moment of glory. Could it be this...

This was an unusual city council debate . I would encourage everyone to watch the video when it becomes available. The New Orleans City C...

Okay, not really .  But what if he does?  He won't. But, man, how much fun will that story be?

Looks like they've made him a regular character at the NOLAdotcom content farm. Such an adorable character. The fans really take to him...

You know what they say. Mayors are like starting quarterbacks. If you have two, you really don't have any. Okay they don't actually ...

I'm an old now so this doesn't really pertain to me.  But, yeah, if I were eligible to obtain an official State Of Louisiana Drinkin...

Looks like this surveillance business was creating too much static for Mitch in the middle of his book tour. The New Orleans City Council ...

Pretty much. The race for Jefferson Parish sheriff became a bare-knuckles affair weeks ago. But the campaign nearly came to literal blows...

Last week in Baton Rouge, Jay Dardenne made a joke .  This week, addressing state legislators’ recent failure to renew or replace an expi...

Today, it is actually just postponed due to weather.  Tomorrow, the story may be different . Those who made New Orleans famous for its cul...

Well, if he read the reports... A consultant found 17 Sewerage & Water Board pumps and two power turbines out of service last May, mon...

Here is a chilling thought . With tariffs done, Trump’s sights are now on the Iran deal—and, possibly, the Russia investigation. “ The pr...

Last week Latoya Cantrell and Jason Williams called a fair amount of attention themselves for suggesting that it might be time to take s...

This is a good article to read for #NationalWalkOutDay. It is primarily about, you guessed it, the damn interminable gun debate.  But it is...

"Yenni's Risky Business" Krewe D'Etat 2017 Guess he's not Yenni's friend now . "I do not and will not e...

The Saints have finally made their big splash in the free agency market this week and it is this . Cornerback Patrick Robinson is returnin...

This must mean the guy pretty much already thinks he is going to be the Sheriff, right? Nearing the end of a relatively lackluster campai...