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Novelist Elmore Leonard, New Orleans Native, Passes Away (Video) 21 Aug 2013 | 03:03 am
Elmore Leonard had a good run, a career other writers can envy. He brought pleasure to readers with his crime novels and westerns, his sharp wit and edgy characters, his ear for the way Americans talk...
Lee Thompson Young, Dead at 29 20 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
I just learned through a friend on Facebook that The Famous Jett Jackson actor Lee Thompson Young is dead at age 29. According reports from TMZ and hard news organizations such as ABC and the Chicago ...
White NOPD Officer Apologizes to Black Mother for Killing Her Son, Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter (Video) 17 Aug 2013 | 05:33 am
FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans News, Weather, Sports I don't know that I've ever seen anything before like this emotionally gripping encounter on the video above. In it, former New Orleans police officer Jos...
Are Babies Born Good? Do Our Children Come to Us as Blank Slates? 1 Aug 2013 | 02:25 am
I've seen this study before, the one where researchers use puppets to determine whether babies as young as three months old have a sense of morality. CBS's 60 Minutes recently ran an update on this ba...
President Obama Didn't Play the Race Card on Trayvon Martin--He Played the History Card 20 Jul 2013 | 01:47 am
President Obama spoke at the White House today about the Trayvon Martin case saying that 35 years ago, he could have been Trayvon. He said what he had to say diplomatically, making this salient point:...
New Complications in Baby Antonio West Murder Case: Sherry West Says Baby's Father Went Nuts 18 Jul 2013 | 09:02 pm
Noticing the number of people visiting this blog via search engines seeking information on the Baby Antonio West case, I knew some new information must have been released. When I looked the case up, I...
J. K. Rowling's Crime Novel Rejected at First: Cuckoo's Calling by Robett Galbraith 16 Jul 2013 | 11:03 am
The UK Telegraph reports, "Publishers have been left red-faced after discovering that they rejected the latest novel by J. K. Rowling, one of the world’s best-selling writers." Apparently, the Harry P...
Make Me Wanna Holler: Remember Trayvon Martin 14 Jul 2013 | 07:44 am
As everyone who is not in a coma or asleep right now probably knows, the verdict is in in the George Zimmerman trial. The Florida jury of six women found Zimmerman not guilty. Zimmerman shot and kille...
In Pictures: Trayvon Martin Photoshopped as White, George Zimmerman as Black -- Did Race Shape Your Opinion? 13 Jul 2013 | 04:26 am
I have been very quiet at this blog on the George Zimmerman trial because it feels more like the defense has been prosecuting Trayvon Martin than defending George Zimmerman. It's been painful to hear ...
When Paula Deen Found Out Her Ancestor Owned 35 Slaves . . . (Video) 5 Jul 2013 | 03:38 am
Reading a post about Savannah's history at Examiner.com, I discovered a link to a video in which Paula Deen, appearing on the finale of NBC's Who Do You Think You Are? last year, discovered that her g...
