The Huck Upchuck

Pretty classy of him to end his campaign where he started it, here in the N'awl. I wish him well. Sometimes his class warfare rhetoric...

NOLA Blogger Oyster has an interesting set of citations from Hillary Clinton and John McCain that paint them as mass deportation advocates....

Who else for the "Change" President? Oh ... he's a foreigner, isn't he? Oh well ... still a pretty cool YouTube, no? [H/...

Can't let this slip under the radar screen. Slidell native and Tulane University star halfback, Matt Forte, earned overall game MVP ho...

I like the Big Dog (that would be Bill Clinton, by the way). Less so in recent weeks what with his somewhat unseemly stumping for Hillary. ...

May be one of his best addresses yet: Damn, that man can speak! But what I love about Barack Obama is that he never sheds his commitment to...

I'm still here, just trying to keep the head above water at work. It's always busiest the first few weeks of the semester. One nee...

Here's the video. Watch it and be moved:

From his speech/sermon titled The Great Need of the Hour , delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA, today, Sunday, January 20, ...

Not sure what to make of this, but while at Church this morning, the pastor of my parish, in the context of the weekly scripture readings wh...

This week, we started classes. As usual, I'm consumed by the moment of getting this new semester off the ground. Consequently, I haven...

"Thinking politically in higher education is difficult for both practical and conceptual reasons. As a practical matter, it runs again...

Yes, I have to admit it. I am a Sudoku junkie. I have played this game so many times that I pretty much know all the tricks to figuring the...

As a liberal Catholic Christian, I sometimes find myself engaged in theological discussions with other Christians over a wide variety of top...

Since most colleges and universities (including mine) are gearing up for the Spring semester, I thought I would re-post something I wrote pr...

You know, I am tired of Obama naysayers claiming that Obama is nothing more than an establishment politician who is not a true progressive o...

Obama's campaign seems to have taken an unpleasant turn . I agree with oyster. Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad, bad move. No need for such de...

Speaking simply out of nothing more than pure conjecture, my guess (or wishful thinking) in looking at the numbers is that the NH independen...

I tell you, I just watched Obama give what apparently was a concession speech in New Hampshire; but listening to him speak and the manner of...

Hot damn! I just loved this story : By Associated Press January 08, 2008 7:47 AM MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mike Huckabee gave it his all this morn...