New Orleans

You Save Us, We Redeem You

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Colin Powell, Harry Shearer, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Gulf Recovery Czar, Colin Powell New Orleans, Politics News
Harry Shearer

New Orleans and Colin Powell -- the pairing of a wounded city seeking national empathy and a fallen hero seeking redemption seems to me sort of perfect.

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Uncut from New Orleans

Henry Rollins | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Michael Brown, Celebrities Talk Politics, George W. Bush, Henry Rollins, IFC Films, Hurricane Katrina, Documentaries, Politics News
Henry Rollins

I wanted to remind people that while things are better in New Orleans than when parts of the city were submerged, there is still a long way to go to bring the city back to full strength.

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James Booker: New Orleans Piano Wizard; 25 Years Gone

Sal Nunziato | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Jerry Garcia, Professor Longhair, Ringo Starr, Offbeat Magazine, Rickie Lee Jones, Harry Connick Jr., Ray Charles, Dr. John, Chopin, New Orleans Musicians, James Booker, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

The name James Booker means very little in most parts of the world. In New Orleans, and to a great number of musicians, mainly piano players, the name James Booker is holy. Not bad for someone who was once called "the best black, gay, junkie piano player who ever lived."

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How to Come Down From Euphoria

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Afghanistan, Obama, Barack Obama, John McCain, President Obama, Obama Wins, Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Election Day 2008, Election Day, Joe Biden, Election Results, 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Election, Obama New Orleans, Infrastructure, Presidential Results, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Eldridge Cleaver, Obama Presidency, Obama President, Election Analysis, Presidential Election, Politics News
Harry Shearer

President-Elect Obama is clearly a very smart guy and a very good politician. Unlike the last Dem with those credentials, he's also exceedingly disciplined. Those qualities will come up against a couple of very major problems.

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Art Lifts New Orleans

Paul Klein | Posted 11.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: New Orleans, Doing Art, Louisiana, Artwork, Chicago News
Paul Klein

Art has lots of purposes, and in New Orleans, it is a tool for urban renewal, consciousness raising, artistic synergy and celebration.

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If You Like FEMA, You'll Love HUD

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Hud, Hurricane Katrina, Green News
Harry Shearer

The Kafkaesque mobius strip of bureaucratic delays and excuses in New Orleans contrasts interestingly with the long-ago Jackson Square promise by the president to cut through red tape.

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R.E.M., Sack Boy and a Voodoo Doll

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Nomrf, New Orleans, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Rem, Voodoo Music Experience, ReDefine 8/29, Dr. John, Happiness, Little Big Planet, Von Dutch, Green Living, Playstation, R.E.M., Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

A random reveler at the Voodoo Music Experience handed me a voodoo doll with a lock of hair and said, "be careful."

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Design Flaws: The Other (Minneapolis) Shoe Drops

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Minnesota Bridge Collapse, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Both liberals and conservatives would prefer not to confront an uncomfortable fact: something in our system of providing for major infrastructure has gone terribly wrong.

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Gumbo Granny Blogs From the Bayou for Obama

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.26.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Grandmere, Wounded Bird, Southern Culture, Recovery, Louisiana, Hurricanes, Sugar Cane, Obama, Grandmothers, Sugar, Bayou, Gay Rights, Thibodaux, Cajuns, Zydeco, Raceland, Obama Bloggers, Barack Obama, Obama Louisiana, Bloggers Obama, Josh Marshall, Election 2008, Campaign 2008, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

What you hear again and again here in South Louisiana is that no one has the TIME to work on campaigning. Most families are still recovering from thre...

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The Labelle Reunion: Pay Attention

Sal Nunziato | Posted 10.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Nicky Hopkins, Patti Labelle, Sarah Dash, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Lenny Kravitz, Nona Hendryx, Keith Moon, Rolling Stones, Wyclef Jean, Allen Toussaint, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

At no time does "Back To Now," exploit the fact the Labelle hasn't recorded in over 30 years. There are no hokey tributes or tired, potential cash-cow cover versions to draw attention.

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Forget the Yanks, Here Come the Dutch

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Presidential Debates, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Levees, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

New Orleans may be, according to the old slogan, "the city that care forgot", but, judging by this campaign, it's certainly the city America forgot.

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Brad Pitt's First "Make It Right" Homes Completed

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Make It Right, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Angelina Jolie, Entertainment News

NEW ORLEANS — The first homes in Brad Pitt's Make It Right rebuilding project are complete, and some three years after Hurricane Katrina devasta...

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Come To Ohio! What We Can Learn From 2004 - And What We Can Do In 2008

Sandi DuBowski | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, New Orleans, Inauguration Day, George W. Bush, Virgo, Mccain, Barack Obama, America Coming Together, Birthday Party, Activism, John Kerry, Voters, Ohio, Columbus Ohio, Vote Today Ohio, Katrina, Ken Salazar, Gwen Moore, Trembling Before G-D, Politics News
Sandi DuBowski

This election created a whole new generation of activists. We have energy and we have numbers. Justice will prevail. A people awakened cannot be put back to sleep.

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Katrina 2.0

Dave Winer | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Brownie, New Orleans, Katrina, Extreme Weather, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Dave Winer

There will be no place to go if we wake up tomorrow to find the financial levees have broken and our nation is under water.

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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Bush Favors Texas Over Louisiana -- Even Bobby Jindal Notices

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Ike, Bobby Jindal, Disaster Relief, Hurricane Katrina, Jindal Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Governor Jindal has noticed a disparity between the federal government's willingness to lift a recovery burden off the state of Texas and its refusal to do the same for Louisiana.

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Are You a Fundamental?

Matt Littman | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Sec, John McCain, Portfolio Magazine, Red Cross, Charlie Gibson, Sean Hannity, Chris Cox, Cindy McCain, Lord of the Flies, Fema, Joe Piscopo, Sarah Palin, Spain, Bush, Home News
Matt Littman

John McCain is taking this whole "not meeting" thing to a new level. He won't meet with Iran, fine. But now, he won't rule in or out meeting with ...

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Gov't Incentives Encourage Business and Investors to Vacate New Orleans

Grant Cardone | Posted 09.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Government Screw Ups, Hurricane Katrina, Go Zone Act, Grant Cardone, New Orleans, Gustov, Ivan, Business News
Grant Cardone

If New Orleans is to be rebuilt there must be a major overhaul with the think and the actions of the local government as well as how the tax incentives are used.

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New Orleans Exhales, Then Gasps Again

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi, Presidential Debates, Mississippi Debate, Mississippi Presidential Debate, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Harry Shearer

A couple of very prominent Senators currently running for president might want to consider something when they arrive in Oxford, Mississippi in three weeks for their first debate.

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The Ol' Boys of Braithwaite

Randy Fertel | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Randy Fertel

Monday morning New Orleans breathed a sigh of relief. Only, there was this: we had breathed the same sigh and indulged in the same cliché on an all-too-similar Monday morning three years before.

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In the Wake of Katrina, Gustav...

Carl Pope | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane, New Orleans, Hurricanes, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Carl Pope

As the Gulf Coast picks itself up after Gustav, and the Atlantic coast gets ready for Hannah, Ike, and Josephine, I'm going to fall back on the adage ...

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 09.04.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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Back in Illinois after Gustav, Next Stop New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.04.2008 | Chicago

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Gustav, Chicago News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

I am beginning to realize there is a New Orleanean fear of going somewhere else, liking it, and not coming back. Here is what I can report from three years in exile.

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New Orleans Reopens To Residents Who Fled Gustav

AP | MARY FOSTER and MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 09.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, New Orleans Residents, New Orleans Reopens, Ray Nagin, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million ...

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FEMA and the Election

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Al Gore, Gop, Ronald Reagan, Bush 41, September 11, Amy Goodman, Bush 43, Fema, Sarah Palin, James Lee Witt, Laura Flanders, Joe Scarborough, Twin Cities, Jimmy Carter, Ralph Nader, Blinton, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

As the GOP meets in the Twin Cities and hides terrified behind a hurricane, let us remember: In early January 2001, the Federal Emergency Management ...

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