The Huck Upchuck

Enjoy the day. Savor the feast. Spend time with family. Watch some football. Give thanks.

Today's Times Picayune has a nice Thanksgiving tribute to my friend, David Gallegos, who works for the Advocacy Center of Louisiana. ...

Up early doing a holiday substitute shift at WTUL 91.5 FM . I do a regular classical music show every Tuesday mornings from 6-8am and then ...

Today, I'm meeting up with my 10-yr-old nephew to give him a basic tour of the University campus and to bring him to Tulane's world ...

I grew up as avid a Crimson Tide fan as ever there was. I worshipped Bear Bryant. Three of my siblings graduated from the University of Al...

I fashion myself a decent Ping-Pong player; and so I marvelled at this clip below. I just couldn't believe this when I saw it. It seem...

I read Jarvis DeBerry's column this morning about the New Orleans City Government's incompetence in maintaining and monitoring Stre...

Louisiana's Republican Senator David Vitter seeks to prevent President-elect Barack Obama from carrying out his executive duties as Com...

I've been thinking about where I fall out on the issues of the day and then wondering where it locates me on the ideological spectrum. ...

Last Sunday, I put up a posting about a "mock funeral" supposedly being planned or promoted by Jesuit High School students. My po...

As most people have probably heard by now, some 54% of Catholics voted for Obama. And many of us have very solid "pro-life" reaso...

It is just incredible that Sarah Palin feigns wonder at why her $150,000 plus wardrobe became such a hot-button item late in the Presidenti...

[ UPDATE: Sunday, November 16, 2008: 8:35AM : Please see my more recent updated posting on the subject.] A symbolic funeral for America on ...

On election day, this past Tuesday, I gave some data on two Louisiana voting precints: Ward 14 / Precinct 13A , which represented the Tulane...

The difference between conservatives and liberals following an electoral defeat can be summed up accordingly: Liberals brood and make empty...

A while back on my blog, when I posted my election recommendations, I hinted at a surprise, party-discipline-breaking pick by The Huck Upch...

BLOG UNDER SURVEILLANCE: Right Wing News Issue: John Hawkins' Schizophrenia on Race I appreciate conservative blogger John Hawkins' ...

Way, way back in June of 2006 I posed a question to conservative blogger John Hawkins of Right Wing News, which he answered on his blog. He...

President-elect Barack Obama. Powerful, profound moment. I am so grateful to be alive and to have had the chance to participate in this mome...

This is my Ward/Precinct. Some data: Total Registered Voters as of 11/2/08: 545 Breakdown by race: White: 231 Black: 279 Other: 35 Breakdow...