The New Orleans Saints, fresh off their 3rd straight heart-breaking loss in the NFL Playoffs, don’t have much time to dwell or be “bummed out” by not achieving their ultimate goal of reaching the Super Bowl; since they are intent on keeping the core of their current team intact in order to make at least […]
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After 3rd Straight Playoff Heartbreak, Is Saints and Brees’ Time About to Run Out?
January 6, 2020Time. It waits for nobody, doesn’t give away any more opportunities once it begins to run out, and eventually: it becomes our enemy. Yesterday at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, that harsh reality of life began to hit ‘Who Dat’ fans as they watched their beloved New Orleans Saints football team lose in the NFL Playoffs for […]
Words of Michael Thomas Show Why Nobody Wants to Face Saints in NFL Playoffs
January 3, 2020Motivation. It comes in many forms for professional football players in the NFL, but for All-Pro wide receiver Michael Thomas and his New Orleans Saints teammates, their source of motivation in the next few days and weeks during the NFL Playoffs will all be about respect; or at least in the view of the Black […]
Embrace Hope, Continue to Push the Limits of the Human Race
December 22, 2019Sometimes I ponder the possibilities of human greatness and imagine humanity with enlightened minds and selflessness, devoid of ego. A human race that lived by the Golden Rule and one in which you treat others the way you want to be treated. A race that transcends the boundaries of physical skin color and aspires to […]
On leaving Green New Deal event at Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts, and finding myself exiting through Armstrong Park’s main entrance
December 20, 2019On May 7th, 2019, going to Mahalia Jackson Theatre for The Performing Arts (for the Green New Deal gathering and rally) was a very nice 2-block walk down a side street, and into the St. Philip Street sidewalk entrance into Armstrong Park around 6 p.m. Two hours later, that side entrance, like all the other […]
My Father’s Vote For Trump
December 14, 2019In late November 2016 my parents were visiting us for my son’s birthday. It was one week after Donald Trump won the Presidential election. My nerves were shot, optimism gone, and a fearful panic of the next four years consumed my thoughts. But not my Dad’s. My father was an English Literature Professor, for 37 […]
Hate Trump? He’s done so much for us!
December 6, 2019“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.” ― Mark Twain The entirety of the Trump era is despised by 55% of Americans – deeply, and it’s only getting worse. But I suggest that we may be looking at this wrong. Trump’s dark side has been slowly […]
Idiot With No Legitimate Government Experience Part 2: The Dumbing
November 6, 2019If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to run a racist goblin with no knowledge, experience, or interest in understanding the nuances of state and local government, you have a friend in Eddie Rispone.
Oak Street Po-Boy Festival: The Monetization of a previously-“free” street festival, honoring the po-boy
November 4, 2019I just came back from the 2019 Oak Street Po-Boy Festival. Up until about two years ago, the festival had no entrance fee of any kind. All people had to do was buy a po-boy and something to drink, from one of the many food and drink stands set up along Oak Street. The po-boys […]
Should Saints Break the Bank to Pay Teddy B?
October 31, 2019Alvin Kamara. Vonn Bell. David Onyemata. Eli Apple. Those are just a small sample of current players the New Orleans Saints will have to put some money to the side for in order to re-sign them to new contracts and remain in NOLA as key contributors for the organization. But now the Black and Gold […]
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