Some running photos and commentary from election day in Orleans Parish and beyond.
Lined up at 6a in the 7th Ward of New Orleans
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When it comes to the last days of, well, anything, the big old machines of media begin churning up reams of paper in an attempt to come to grips – or at least present the illusion of thinking about –...
While the Congress attempts to prevent Wall Street from self-immolating by printing money like Zimbabwe on holiday, our good friends to the west – Jefferson Parish, LA for those of you not down with Louisiana...
The race is accelerating now. Each day brings 20 new state polls and every media outlet in the country seems to be running a national tracking poll. Ad buys are being expanded, spinners are furiously...
Though the banking industry continues to collapse like a flan in a cupboard due to ever more ingenious ways of punting debt – henceforth known as “sophisticated financial instruments” – I won’t be ...
While I remain interested – as do all Americans – in the rich tapestry of idiomatic English, I did happen to read something this week that was not about farm animals or cosmetics. It was, instead, about...
Politically, it’s that season where the only thing going on is constant polling and a smattering of horribly produced advertisements. With Obama spending most of his money on the “ground game” – which...
Everybody’s talking about it, almost all the time. It’s been the topic since Rudy imploded and McCain went from also-ran to last-man-standing. The End of an Era. The Conservative Crackup. The Terminati...
At this very moment, in America, a vice president is being created. Information is leaking out ofclosed roomsabout people sitting in rooms with people discussing people. And now that the time has arrived...