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Brad Pitt's Mayoral Platform: No Religion, Legalizing Pot And Gay Marriage (VIDEO)

Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Brad Pitt, Video, Marijuana, Gay Marriage, Brad Pitt New Orleans Mayor, Brad Pitt Today Show, Entertainment News

Brad Pitt for mayor! Pitt's interview with Ann Curry aired on Thursday's 'Today' show, and New Orleans' most prominent Katrina rebuilder thanks to ...

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Julie & Julia: When the World Writes You Back

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Blogs, Comments, New Orleans, Publishing, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Julia Child, ReDefine 8/29, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Movie, Meryl Streep, Nora Ephron, Food, Amy Adams, Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Cooking, Writing, Julie and Julia, Feminism, Food Politics, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

No matter what twists we see in Publishing 2.0, a love story running through Julie & Julia is that sometimes, after the solitary act of writing, the world writes you back.

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The New Orleans Mental Health Crisis, Exposed

Harry Shearer | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Mental Health, Katrina, Washington Times, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The Washington Times ran an admirable piece about the post-Katrina mental health mess, yet there is a remarkable lapse: a failure to explain why the disaster happened, why the city was inundated.

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I Hate To Say This...

Sam Greenfield | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Companies, Birthers, New Orleans, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Media, Death Penality, Nra, Pro Life, Angola, Politics News
Sam Greenfield

If you think the media make up everything they write about Sarah Palin, you're not reading, you just have a fetish for middle aged women who look like cheerleaders.

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Thanks to Brad Pitt, One Homecoming, One Reunion in New Orleans

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Brad Pitt, Louisiana, Washington Times, Brad Pitt's 'Make It Right' Project, Lower Ninth Ward, Bellantoni, Make It Right, Hurricane Katrina, Entertainment News
Christina Bellantoni

This weekend, Robert Green slept in his own home in the Lower 9th Ward for the first time since Hurricane Katrina flattened his neighborhood and killed his mother and infant granddaughter.

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Jo Versus the Zombies: A Burlesque Fight for Healthcare

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.27.2009 | Style

Read More: New Orleans, Clockwork Elvis, Burlesque, Howlin' Wolf, Blue Dog Democrats, Playing for Change, House of Representatives, Health; Health Care; Health Insurance; Universal Healthcare; Barack Obama; John Mccain; British Healthcare; David Cameron; Hillary Clinton; Mandates; Premiums; Uninsured Millions; United Kingdom; London; Healthcare Reform, Style News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

In one of the last civilized nations to deny universal health care to its citizens, just because we can put on a show, does not mean we should have to.

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A Sustainable New Orleans Rises After Katrina

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternative Energy Supplies, Renewable Energy Alternatives, Alternative Energy Source, Hydrokinetic Turbines, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Research, Green Energy, Hybrid Buses, Alternative and Renewable, Energy Alternatives, Big Easy, Renewable Resources, Solar-Powered LED Lights, Renewable Energies, Clean Renewable Energy, Alternate Energy Sources, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Katrina, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Mississippi River, Renewable Energy Sector, Green News

There is a big push in the Big Easy for dramatically improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings....

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Lessons Not Learned: Forget About Disaster Housing from FEMA

Harry Shearer | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Hurricnane Katrina, Celebrities Talk Politics, Housing, Politics News
Harry Shearer

If you think of humans as the creatures most capable of learning from past mistakes, the ongoing saga of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans after the federal levees breached should give you some pause.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News
Lauri Lyons

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Brad Pitt's Hunky House Designs (Photos)

treehugger.com | Posted 08.06.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Green Architecture, New Orleans-Louisiana, Duplex, Architecture, Design, Green Rebuilding, Brad Pitt, Rebuilding New Orleans, Brad Pitt's House Design, Brad-Pitt-New-Orleans, Green News

Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" Foundation has released a new set of duplex designs for New Orleans, by yet another round of big name architects from arou...

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Another Stimulus? Who Needs It? Not New Orleans

Harry Shearer | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Essence Festival, Army Corps of Engineers, Concert, New Orleans-Louisiana, Politics News
Harry Shearer

The Army Corps of Engineers has signed off on a plan the Corps' own staff has critiqued as less effective at preventing flooding than an alternative plan in New Orleans.

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Pleading the Fifth: The Palin Constitution Revolution

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 08.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, 4th of July, Abraham Lincoln, Twitter, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Illinois, George Bush, Constitution, Tax Day Tea Party, Tea Party, Politics News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

I don't know what to call it but the Convolution Party aired its brand new platform on the steps of a Land of Lincoln courthouse, some in their Glenn Beck Live Free or Die shirts.

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The Fastest Growing Cities In America

CNN Money | Les Christie | Posted 08.01.2009 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Fastest Growing Cities, US Cities, Cities, Phoenix, Home News

The Big Easy is making a big comeback. New Orleans has steadily won back some of the population it lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, acco...

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Four Steps to Save Publishing, by the Unpublished

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.31.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Ben Hecht, Chicago, Media, New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers, Huffington Post, Journalism, Newspapers, Molly Ivins, Twitter, Hollywood, James Thurber, Dorothy Dix, Ernest Hemingway, Advertising, Economy, Media News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The collective naval-gazing of reporters and publishers far exceeds the outcry when free downloads upended the music industry and streaming video tanked television ratings, because when a crisis hits the writers it's what we write about.

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Has Change Come to the South?

David Parker | Posted 07.23.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, French Quarter, Pork, Mississippi, Comedy, Seafood, Seersucker, Comedy News
David Parker

In the French Quarter, bartenders still look like strippers, strippers still look like prostitutes and prostitutes still look like, well, they also look like prostitutes.

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Destroying Levees In Louisiana...On Purpose

NYT | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Hurricane, New Orleans, Louisiana, Swamp Land, Hurricane Katrina, Levees, Green News

In what experts are calling the biggest levee-busting operation ever in North America, the brothers plan to return the muddy river to its ancient floo...

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Rumi, Twitter and Iran: In Praise of the Whirling Dervishes

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Iran, Rumi, Poetry, St. John's Eve, Father's Day, Twitter, Spirituality, Media News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

The internet is spinning us to a degree that a dervish could love.

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Is the Corps of Engineers Astro-Turfing Its Critics?

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, US Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

In New Orleans, when the subject is the Corps and its federal overseers, hope is something that was left at the starting gate last November.

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Men II Boys: A Documentary For Young Men of Color

Timothy Cooper | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Education, Congress, Baltimore, Children, President Obama, Documentary, Men to Boys, Barack Obama, Minorities, New Orleans, Charlotte, Fairfax, Atlanta, London, Los Angeles, LaMarr Darnell Shields, Young Voters, Janks Morton, Chicago, Philadelphia, Young Boys, Media News
Timothy Cooper

Men II Boys is a new film that featuring interviews from BET journalist Jeff Johnson, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Baltimore Ravens Tight End, Daniel Wilcox.

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Where Would You Wish To Wake Up Tomorrow?

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Sharing, New Orleans, New York, Brooklyn, Slice of Life, Fifty People One Question, Humanity, Living News

Fifty People, One Question is a straightforward, but remarkably vivid series of video interviews created by Benjamin Reece and co-produced by Deltree ...

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China: Red Rocker Video for a Mayor Fresh Out of Quarantine

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Oley Sassone, Cowboy Mouth, China, Red Rockers, Ray Nagin, Video, John Thomas Griffith, Entertainment News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Now that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is cleared to leave Shanghai, here's something to remember his quarantined stopover with: The Red Rockers new wave classic "China" video.

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Hightailing Travel With Your Pet

Wendy Diamond | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Bourbon Street, Animal Fair, Lifestyle, Pets, Entertainment, Ritz-Carlton, Washington DC, Travel, Red Roof Inn, Www.AnimalFair.Com, Best Western, Bo Obama, Jetblue, Fashion, Shoes, Ramada Inn, Celebrities, Toyota Venza, Barkus, Mbt, Jetpaws, Living News
Wendy Diamond

Considering the "ruff" economic climate, you can travel the furry and frugal way! Bone voyage!

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William Jefferson Corruption Trial Begins

AP | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Former Congressman William Jefferson, New Orleans, Louisiana, William Jefferson, Jefferson Bribery, Jefferson Corruption, Jefferson Racketeering, Politics News

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Jury selection has begun in Virginia in the trial of a former Louisiana congressman charged with taking bribes. A pool of nea...

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Never Should Have Built it There -- New York

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Flood Protection, New York, Katrina, Hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

A new report predicts the dire future that may await New York City if a hurricane generates serious storm surge. The proposed solution? A set of barriers ringing the city to protect it from inundation.

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New Orleans: Not a City of Whiners

Harry Shearer | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Politics News
Harry Shearer

When I say that New Orleans' people are the most resilient and self-reliant folks I've ever encountered, I didn't yet have this example at hand.

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