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“Treme,” the HBO show about post-Katrina New Orleans that concluded its first season Sunday, gets it. It has to get it, says music supervisor Blake Leyh. When it comes to the sound of the Crescent City, every New Orleanian is an expert.
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President Barack Obama bluntly defended his administration’s response to the undersea gusher fouling the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, telling an interviewer he has met with experts to learn “whose ass to kick.”
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President Obama told CNN’s Larry King on Thursday that he is furious about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but his job is to fix things instead of just yelling at people.
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In the weeks since an oil rig exploded and later sank into the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama has dealt with the tragedy with his signature cool, calm and collected approach. But with the oil still gushing in what is now the worst spill in U.S. history, the president is becoming a target of the anger that was originally directed only at BP.
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In a groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement of maintenance at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was directly responsible for flood damage in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina.
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A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to marry an interracial couple has resigned. Keith Bardwell resigned in person at the Louisiana secretary of state’s office.
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A justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple is refusing to back down. Keith Bardwell claims he is not a racist. He says he denied the license because he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship.
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