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Make Your Own Signature BBQ Sauce: A Taxonomy of America's Regional BBQ Sauces

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Memorial Day, Barbecue Sauce, Barbecue, Rendezvous Rub, Ribs, Cooper's, Texas Mop Sauce, Piedmont, North Carolina, Hot Sauce, Kansas City, Brisket, Dry Rub, Alabama, Louisiana, Jack Daniels, Lexington Dip, Bbq, Memphis, South Carolina, Low Country, Pork, Pulled Pork, Big Bob Gibson's, Barbeque, Memorial Day Weekend, Style News
Craig

Barbecue has evolved along disparate paths around the nation, led down these trails by the racial and ethnic immigrants who settled there. Indeed, barbecue sauce is a cultural phenomenon.

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Louisiana House Unknowingly Votes To Override Gov. Jindals's Stimulus Rejection

AP | Melinda Deslatte | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Avon Honey, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Louisiana, Arra, Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Stimulus, Politics News

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The Louisiana House unanimously agreed to override Gov. Bobby Jindal's rejection of $98 million in federal stimulus dollars t...

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Ridge, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Connecticut, Immigration, Iraq, Mary Landrieu, Democratic Party, Guns, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Moderates, Charlie Crist, Mark Kirk, Gay Rights, New Jersey, Conservatives, Maine, Katrina, Republican Party, Illinois, Abortion, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Civil Unions, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Barack Obama, New York, Susan Collins, Jon Corzine, Jon Huntsman, South, Israel, Christopher Christie, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Utah, Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Stupidity, Richard Burr, Louisiana, Roy Blunt, La-Sen, Bank Run, Fiscal Crisis, Fema, Republicans, Nc-Sen, Missouri, David Vitter, North Carolina, Mo-Sen, Politics News
Senate Guru

We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.

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El Centro de Unemployment

Steve Proffitt | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Louisiana, California, Unemployment, Recession, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Economic Crisis, Living News
Steve Proffitt

According to BLS data, the sinkhole of this recession is El Centro, a city in California's Imperial Valley, east of San Diego.

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Bobby Jindal Don't Like No Science And Don't Like No Art -- So That Makes Him A Bona Fide Redneck?

Howie Klein | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Support for the Arts, Jane Alexander, Nea, Volcano Monitorng, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Red Rockers, Politics News
Howie Klein

Keep in mind that aside from berating scientific pursuits like volcano monitoring, Jindal also gave the finger to funding the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The Republican Party's Death Wish

Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, Liberal Party, Ronald Reagan, Economy, George W. Bush, Kentucky Jim Bunning, Democratic Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Bauer, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Charlie Crist, Economic Stimulus Package, Rnc, Unemployment, Mike Huckabee, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Labour Party, US Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi, Republican Party, Great Depression, Arlen Specter, Michael Steele, Abortion, John McCain, Karl Rove, Florida, Appalachia, Rush Limbaugh, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Texas, Congress, Pennsylvania, Whig Party, Civil Unions, Barack Obama, Deep South, Religion, Independents, Jon Huntsman, Race Issues, Great Britain, Marxism, Tom Delay, South Carolina, Watergate, Utah, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

We have yet to hear a single realistic scenario from a top Republican that would outline how and when the country could move forward from its current meltdown.

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The Monkey's Pawn: Monkey Misery Outshines Human Misery in Louisiana's Delta

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Animal Rights, Human Rights, Louisiana, Rural Poor, Fema, Mary Landrieu, Hurricane Recovery, Media Bias, Congo, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

While the NYT signals that all is well in Congo because the mountain gorilla is well fed, a woman places her newborn baby on a tattered piece of cloth covering a bed of grass on lava rock.

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Rep. Cao Admits He's a Closet Case

Disgrasian | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Steele Rush Limbaugh, Kate Cao, Closet-Democrat, Closet Democrat, Anh Joseph Cao, Moderate Republicans Jumping Ship, Louisiana, Party Affiliation, Michael Steele, Vietnamese-American, Rep. Anh Joseph Cao, Joseph Cao, Republican Party, Republicans, Politics News
Disgrasian

"Don't tell the Republicans, but I might be a closet Democrat," said Representative Cao to a round of laughter.

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Is It too Late for a Sense of Urgency?

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.06.2009 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, Coastal-Erosion, President Obama, Army Corps of Engineers, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Home News
Harry Shearer

The causes of the erosion in Louisiana are clear. The means to reverse the process are equally well known. All that's missing is... a sense of urgency.

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A Great Tragedy for Great Apes

Michael Markarian | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Louisiana, Research, Edolphus Towns, New Iberia Research Center, Roscoe Bartlett, Jim Langevin, Chimpanzees, Animals, Dave Reichert, Politics News
Michael Markarian

There are more than 1,000 chimps still in U.S. labs and the time cannot come soon enough to give these highly intelligent and social creatures the refuge they deserve.

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PSFK Talks to NOLA's Dirty Coast

Piers Fawkes | Posted 04.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Creativity, Design, New Orleans, Louisiana, Dirty Coast, Psfk, Business News
Piers Fawkes

This article originally appeared on PSFK.com. When PSFK found itself at the far end of Magazine Street in New Orleans, we visited one of the creative...

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National Guard To Pull Out Of New Orleans After 3 1/2 years

AP | MARY FOSTER | Posted 03.30.2009 | Home

Read More: National Guard Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana, National Guard, New Orleans-Louisiana, Home News

NEW ORLEANS — Three and a half years after Hurricane Katrina, the National Guard is pulling the last of its troops out of New Orleans this weeke...

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Bobby Jindal Is a Phony as Well as a Lousy Speaker

Sandy Goodman | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Employment Law Project, President Obama, Louisiana, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rush Limbaugh, Republican Response, Andrew Sullivan, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Unemployed Workers, Christine Owens, Meet the Press, Stimulus Law, Times Picayune, David Brooks, South Carolina, Unemployment Benefits, Sen. Mary Landrieu, Mississippi, State Law, Sunset Provision, Politics News
Sandy Goodman

Jindal would rather cheat the poorest unemployed workers in his state of an extra few dollars than cause its businessmen, his bigtime buddies, to pay a little extra in unemployment taxes.

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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Help Wanted: Progressives Who Will Organize!

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bi-Partisan, Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Economic Recovery Package, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Governor Bobby Jindal, Politics News
Rev. Lennox Yearwood

We are living in a moment in history when we can put forth really big ideas. Seeing that everyone has a role to play in our democracy is a really big idea.

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Holder, Race and Obama's 10% of the White Alabama Vote

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Oregon, Colorado, Race, Missouri, Dc, Eric Holder, Rural Issues, Virginia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, John Kerry, Racism, Republican Party, Mississippi, Suffolk County, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Alabama, Massachusetts, Congress, Kendrick Meek, Minnesota, New York, Barack Obama, Education, Mexican-American Issues, South, Michigan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Senate, New Orleans, Palm Beach, Morris County, Washington, Immigration, Democratic Party, Pittsburgh, Artur Davis, California, Nashville, Jewish Issues, New Hampshire, Ohio, Boca Raton, Long Island, Northeast, Philadelphia, Anthony Weiner, Latino Issues, Florida, John McCain, Appalachia, South Central US, St. Louis, Kamala Harris, Louisiana, Montgomery County, Birmingham, Presidential Election, Kentucky, Texas, Queens, Pennsylvania, New York City, Deep South, Young Voters, Memphis, Governors, Cleveland, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, San Francisco, White Voters, Rnc, Michael Steele, Broward, Hip Hop, Duluth, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

The complicated picture of how America came to vote for its first black president reflects the country's multifarious attitude towards race

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Jindal Turns Down $90 Million In Stimulus Funds

Think Progress | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bobby Jindal Governor, Louisiana, Economic Stimulus Package, Bobby Jindal, Economic Recovery, Jindal 2012, Bobby Jindal 2012, Jindal, Politics News

When President Obama signed the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act last week, it included three different provisions to benefit unemployed workers...

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What New Orleans Lost in Cayne

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Cayne Miceli, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Dr. John, Asthma, Pollution and Asthma, Charity Hospital, Politics News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Cayne went to Tulane Medical Center during asthmatic distress and was given a dose of prednisone, a drug which she had suffered a bad reaction to before.

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The Kindest Cut

Michael Markarian | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuisance, Usda, Louisiana, Animals, Tom Vilsack, Bobby Jindal, Agriculture, Wildlife, Coyotes, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Non-Lethal Predator Deterents, Predator Control Program, USDA Policy, Connie Morella, Predator Killing, Farmer Compensation, Peter DeFazio, Steel-Jawed Legholds, Animal Rights Legislation, Non-Lethal Weaponry, Charlie Bass, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics News
Michael Markarian

When it comes to human-wildlife conflicts, I am quite sure we can do better at the state and federal levels than the programs built around large-scale killing of wildlife.

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The Extremism of Bobby Jindal

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Abortion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Jindal, Evolution, Republican Party, Bobby Jindal Governor, Social Conservatives, Religious Right, Creation Musem in Kentucky, Public School System, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

In spite of evolution's unprecedented success in explaining the living world, creationism has crept into the mainstream of American thought and into public school curricula in several states.

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Christmas Day in a Louisiana Dungeon

Ira Glasser | Posted 01.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Black Panthers, Herman Wallace, Louisiana, Holiday Season, Bobby Jindal, Prison, Holiday Season Commentary, Christmas, Racism, Albert Woodfox, Angola Prison, Civil Rights, Politics News
Ira Glasser

It's Christmas Day, and Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace are about to begin their 37th year in the dungeon of Angola Prison. A crucifixion. Where is the public outrage that will resurrect them?

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The Grinning Skull

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 01.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Deaths, Hurricane Katrina, Homicide, Katrina Deaths, Killing, New Orleans, Superdome, Murder, Shootings, Louisiana, Racial Tension, Tension, Attempted Murder, Killings, Race Relations, Politics News
Rebecca Solnit

While the media demonized the New Orleans' black population for crimes that turned out not to have happened, they ignored the group of white men who went on a shooting spree across the river.

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"Reform," Bobby Jindal Style

James Rucker | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jindal Racism, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Angola 3, Jena 6, Albert Woodfox, Civil Rights, Jindal Angola 3, Politics News
James Rucker

We may be on the brink of inaugurating a black president, but the miscarriage of justice unfolding in Louisiana with the case of the Angola 3 tells a different story about race, power and accountability.

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Suburbs, Proposition 8, Latinos, Atlanta, District of Columbia, Chicago, Connecticut, Oregon, Colorado, Missouri, Same-Sex Marriage, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, Margaret Thatcher, West, Walnut Creek, Mississippi, Republican Party, Detroit, African-American Issues, Kansas, North Carolina, Abortion, Election 2008 Coverage, Citigroup, Alaska, Alabama, Congress, Barack Obama, Idaho, New York, Midwest, Bill Clinton, South, Great Britain, Wyoming, David Cameron, Utah, Hawaii, Nebraska, United Kingdom, Washington, Immigration, Iraq, Arizona, Democratic Party, Dallas, Maine, New Hampshire, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Houston, Long Island, New England, Philadelphia, John McCain, Contra Costa, Peggy Noonan, Louisiana, Chris Shays, Hispanic Issues, Asian-Americans, Ross Perot, Georgia, Environment, San Francisco, Gay Issues, English-Only, Calfironia, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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