[Note: I had reason to revise a post from last week, so I did.] I grew up in Illinois and spent several years in Mississippi and Florida before I finally made it to New Orleans for good. In a few months it’ll be 10 years…
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Please donate to the fund that’s been established to support his family. I like Dangerblond’s story about Ashley: The very first time I met him in person, he told me the incredible story of his family. He said, “I had a Jack Nicholson childhood.” The…
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(photo credit: obLiterated) Yesterday evening I saw a Chrysler convertible fly by on Carondolet Street with a human-sized Tweety Bird stuffed animal in the backseat. To say it was a giant Tweety would understate the case given the small stature of the Tweety Bird cartoon…
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(photo credit: Mr. Greenjeans) In a few months it’ll be 10 years since I moved to New Orleans. I grew up in Illinois and spent several years in Mississippi and Florida before I finally made it to New Orleans for good. Louisiana though? That’s what…
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I noticed today there’s a new blog out there with a name very similar to an esteemed local blog. Take a look: At least the two blogs seem politically compatible. They’re both smarties, but The G Spot is clearly more wonkish, while The G Bitch…
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(source: Pew; h/t Matthew Yglesias) William A. Von Hoene Jr. (h/t Ben Smith): I have been a member of Trinity, a church with an almost entirely African-American congregation, for more than 25 years. I am, however, a white male. From a decidedly different perspective than…
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Here’s a link to video of a crazy Baghdad cab ride a couple journalists recently took. Photographer Steve Bent, who shot the video, describes what took place: The ageing Nissan 4×4 is racing and rattling through the potholed roads of the Mansour district of Baghdad….
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(Photo credit: Barton Silverman/New York Times) Dith Pran died today. If you can’t quite place him, this obituary from the NYT might help: Dith Pran was born on Sept. 23, 1942, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, a provincial town near the ancient temples at Angkor Wat….
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My photo (Big Queen Laurita Barras of the Wild Magnolias on Dryades Street, Fat Tuesday, 2006): My father’s painting: (“The Return” © David M. Bridges) My photo: His painting: (© David M. Bridges) There’s more here and here.
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CNN: The president also hailed the operation as a sign of progress, emphasizing that the decision to mount the offensive was al-Maliki’s. “It was his military planning; it was his causing the troops to go from point A to point B,” Bush said. “And it’s…
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(photo credit: Rongem Boyo) Times Online: A day after Mr al-Maliki had sworn to fight powerful Shia militias “to the end” he appeared to soften his tough stance and offered them until April 8 to surrender heavy and medium weapons. He also offered cash to…
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(photo credit: soldiersmediacenter) WaPo: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to press ahead with the crackdown, aimed chiefly at sapping the strength of Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia, which controls much of Basra. Maliki’s pledge came as saboteurs blew up one of Iraq’s two main oil…
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Not only has a nail found a home in one of our car’s tires, but the tire also has something of gash in it for good measure (pothole, surely). Post-K life in New Orleans has this added disincentive. I’ve lost count of how many flats…