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Blog Entries by Brian Ross from 05/2011

New Orleans: Ground Zero in the Cultural War

| Posted 05.05.2011 | Politics
Read More: New Orleans, Alabama, Birmingham, Emeril Lagasse, George W. Bush, Bureaucracy, CULTURAL WARFARE, Tennessee Williams, Culture, Ideologies, Hurricane Katrina, Ground Zero, Harry Connick Jr., Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Living, Hurricane, Big Insurance, Louisiana, Politics, American Values, Fema, 9th Ward, Barack Obama, William Faulkner, Democrats, Louis Armstrong, Bryant Gumbel, Federal Government, Birthers, Republicans, Flood, New Orleans-Louisiana, Katrina, Politics News

The Founding Fathers defined the boundaries of liberty and freedom. New Orleans lives them. The birthplace of jazz. The true birthplace of Rock-and-Ro...

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Jazz Takes a Back Seat at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

| Posted 05.08.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: New Orleans, Alternative Music, Pop Music, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Christian McBride, Music, Dixieland, Arts, Jazz History, Jazz, Chick Corea, Lady GaGa, Wynton Marsalis, Justin Bieber, Entertainment News

Jazz needs a spark. It needs a new direction. Respect the history, but for it to thrive, it needs to be cool again. It needs to be counter-culture. It needs to piss off more parents.

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Tea Party Quicksand in the GOP Presidential Landscape

| Posted 05.19.2011 | Politics
Read More: Campaign 2012, Tea Party, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich, Religious Right, Republican Party, Newt Gingrich 2012, Gingrich 2012, Meet the Press Newt Gingrich, Newt Gingrich Meet the Press, Gringich Obamacare, Meet the Press Gingrich, Gingrich Meet the Press, Newt Gringich Obamacare, Gingrich Medicare, Politics, Politics News

Gingrich and Romney are taking the heat for being pragmatic and understanding the bigger picture. They need to be on the record saying things that, in a general election, can diffuse criticism of their policies.

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