In marching bands, the bass drummers are usually big fellas. Not always, but often. It isn’t an absolute but it frequently works out this way. Big guys are drawn to big instruments. They bring up the back of the band like anchormen, guys who set the musical pace and thus the timing and mood of…
Category: Commentary
Editorial and opinion
A Personal History of Ethics in Journalism
I had an editor at La Jolla Light back in 2001 who was essentially hired as a Winston Wolf-like cleaner. We had a paper that would print anything: Recycled press releases, stories not relevant to the community, editorials on whatever subject that anyone on the staff wanted to write (including interns). The paper lacked any…
Discordia
NOPD is reviewing arrests of 12 at Krewe of Eris parade Sunday night Arrested at the Eris Parade This isn’t going to be a popular opinion but, there aren’t any good guys in this. There are bad guys, more bad guys and bystanders. Some folks may be innocent, but they aren’t righteous. Krewe of Eris…
What Pants Said
This entire post is just supplemental commentary to this post over at the Yeller… There was a commercial a little while back that stated the Saints gave the entire city of New Orleans hope. I’d like to go ahead and clarify that statement as it relates to this one guy… Ways in which the Saints…
Less Lying or More Firing?
Serpas takes hard stance against lying in plan for NOPD A question I wanted to ask Chief Serpas on Saturday at Rising Tide was in reference to his “You Lie, You Die” policy toward the department. Just wondering if the end result will be more firings or less lying? I think it depends a lot…
8/29/2010: The Chaos of a Storm
After witnessing the effects of hurricanes over the years of living on the Gulf Coast, one of the most amazing things about them is the chaos they create, and what comes out of it. You take a group of variables and apply the same stimulus to them, after a period of time, patterns form. You…
A Review Of Shake The Devil Off
“I apologize for this groggy review. I drank some moonshine and ate fresh pork last night. The editor said it was good to go though.” – V ————————————— I finished Ethan Brown’s “Shake The Devil” Off” last week like I finish most books – 100 pages straight through to the end. I get so anxious…
A Long Stream of Conciousness Ramble About Chicken Little, Jerry Bruckheimer, Crooked Politicians, China, Easy Chairs and Loving Your Country*
Psssst. Have you heard? We’re doomed. America. It’s finished. The books are written. The articles are scripted. It’s everywhere. Liberals and conservatives agree. The sky is falling! The sky is falling! But it isn’t. This isn’t your grandfather’s America. That notion of it being the “greatest country in the world” isn’t so illustrious as it…
Links, Links, Links
I’m always elated when someone links to my blog because it is an indicator that what I wrote must mean SOMEthing. See, bloggers, like to feel as though what they toss out there is of some importance, even if it is simply an ingredient that coalesces into a larger opinion over several posts on different…
Sharks’ Teeth
It’s been a week since Eddie Jordan resigned and I still think to myself that perhaps we made a slight difference. There is a saying that speaks of accepting things we cannot change and changing the things we can. You can spend a few hours on any New Orleans street corner and see some things…