I have often heard people blame the levees for the land loss crisis here in Southeast Louisiana. Like they were a curse that starved the wetlands of sediment that originally […]
Category: Op-Ed/Lagniappe
Op-Ed: Supreme Court Says Election Rigging (Partisan Gerrymandering) Is Legal
July 16, 2019In a democracy, the most important factor in determining who controls power should be the popular will of the people.
The Result of Re-Connecting the River
July 5, 2019It is unfortunate, because of the various “marketing” campaigns of the state and some environmental groups promoting so-called “sediment” diversions, that the general public thinks that if you re-connect the […]
A Hard Day For Patriotism
July 4, 2019Remember when the Fourth of July was a day of family and patriotism? This July 4th is, to be frank, a joke.
Patriotism: Serving A Country That Does Not Serve Them
July 4, 2019While the fourth of July has many meanings for different people, this year is troubling for a lot of transgender and queer people. Following President Trump’s order to ban transgender […]
Neaux Reel Idea (Special Edition): Django Unchained and Blowing Up the Oppressors
July 2, 2019With Quentin Tarantino’s latest and 9th feature film, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, releasing later this month, I thought this might be a good time to revisit a portion […]
The Royal Street Grocery – The Second Chapter
July 1, 2019I was an employee of the Royal Street Grocery when The Times-Picayune published a memorial piece on my then boss (Robert Buras) and his father, who had initially opened the […]
Prominent Defender of Confederate Monuments Cheers Big Easy Magazine’s Potential Demise
July 1, 2019Learning of Big Easy Magazine’s fundraiser, a local revisionist history author who publicly praised Robert E. Lee as a hero cheered on our potential demise.
NFL Network’s Weak Attempt At Throwing Shade On Drew Brees Falls Flat On Its Face
June 27, 2019Yesterday on the NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” program, the latest effort to “throw shade” was directed towards Saints veteran QB Drew Brees.
Camp is Always a Bad Idea: An Op-Ed
June 26, 2019Call them what they are and call them out for what they’re doing: they’re concentration camps, and anytime we have them, bad things happen.
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