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Dem Danger: Lack Of Candidates

John Maginnis August 15, 2013 Comments Off on Dem Danger: Lack Of Candidates

Low-key and soft-spoken U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, who just announced he will not seek re-election, never stuck out in many ways, which contributed to his success in politics. Yet he gained a curious

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On Haters And Hipsters

Brad Goins August 15, 2013 Comments Off on On Haters And Hipsters

I actually don’t read anything, because I feel like the haters really like to hate out loud and that people who love sometimes love quietly. So I don’t really listen or look at anything.

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That Time When We Walked Into The Wrong Church

Pierre Fontenot August 15, 2013 Comments Off on That Time When We Walked Into The Wrong Church

This is how the memory goes … I don’t know where we’re going, or why, but we’ve been going all day, I’m just the little kid in the big back seat, Mom and Dad

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Vision Quest – Local Music Legend Jo-El Sonnier’s Grand Idea To Keep Cajun Music And Culture Alive In SWLA

Karla Wall August 15, 2013 Comments Off on Vision Quest – Local Music Legend Jo-El Sonnier’s Grand Idea To Keep Cajun Music And Culture Alive In SWLA

“The trail to today’s Cajun music and culture was blazed a long time ago,” muses Cajun music icon Jo-El Sonnier. And Sonnier’s a big part of that “trail” himself. Often called the “King of

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Odd Priorities

Chuck Shepherd August 1, 2013 Comments Off on Odd Priorities

At a June hearing, a Philadelphia judge became so exasperated at defendant Robert Williams’ cluelessness about his need to keep his probation appointments that she ordered him to take etiquette classes before he returned

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