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February 22, 2012 OpinionCityCampusSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

To Baton Rouge, Thanks for Everything

There are a few things I want you to know, BR. I have to break up with you. I think it’s time we see other people, other places, other opinion pages. First, let me say...

WTF, DIG?

Alas, the time has come for Dig to buttonhook you again and throw more changes your way, just as I’m sure you were getting comfortable and secure in the relationship. You see,...

Winners and Losers

LOSER: Mormon genealogists; tried to posthumously baptize living, renowned Holocaust survivor Helen Radkey, a formerly Mormon researcher, discovered Elie Wiesel’s name on a...

February 15, 2012 OpinionCityCampusSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

LOL

Anyone remember that silly photo of Mayor-president Melvin “Kip” Holden seated, smiling widely in a black suit and red tie, except his eye is bruised and his lip is swollen?...1

Rage Against the Machines

Red-light cameras epitomize the lurking eye of Big Brother to many here in Baton Rouge. The problem is not unique to the Red Stick – people all over the country have protested...

Winners and Losers

LOSER: Atlanta billboard advertising campaign; shaming children to fight childhood obesity Georgia, like many other states, has a childhood obesity problem. This sparked a...

February 8, 2012 OpinionCityCampusSportsEntertainmentLocal Verse

V-day 2012

I really don’t like the color red – especially when it comes heart-shaped. I don’t like the type of chocolate that comes in layered trays. I don’t like watching strange...

Be a Darling, Share a Clementine

Every year, it seems that more disillusioned souls love to crap on Valentine’s Day. The holiday’s Scrooges get away without one ghostly, reforming visit. In fact, having...

Winners and Losers

WINNER: Napoleonland theme park; French people like crushing historical reenactments, too The best way to rival Disneyland? Stage daily reenactments of the battles of Waterloo...