The State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans provide subsidies and direct payments to the Saints organization that require issuance of debt instruments and interest payments. Rather than invest in infrastructure and education, the goodwill lathered on the Bensons and his FO was ostensibly to provide a competitive environment for a championship caliber sports franchise.

None of this has been worth it. Scandal, incompetence, blatant exploitation of the fan base, filing suit...

Friends, Whodats, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury the Saints, not to praise them.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with the Saints. The noble Halo
Hath told you the Saints were ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath the Saints answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Danno and the rest–
For Danno is an honourable man;
So are they all, all...

A lot has happened in the last 6 months that seem to be going under the radar. Depending which side of the issue you're on, you could be looking down the trigger side or the exit side of the barrel.

First up, the exchange rate is really favorable for the US. That's excellent for anyone who likes a job. Demand for Manufacturing jobs are increasing, service jobs are increasing, wages are rising, inflation is creeping up (a good thing, for now) and asset prices are recovering. All...

Finding nuggets of stupid is like a pig finding a truffle. Yet discovering old stupid is not quite as delicious as finding new examples. While it may seem as if we are knee deep in the ridiculous, the truth is that we are only experiencing waves of epic stupid which mask a low level of basic inanity. There is a new monster wave of stupid crashing in and it's of the same level as "it's the internet - stupid" stupidity. It's the acceptance that an app (a freaking phone app!) is...

I've noted a few articles on the distinct lack of enthusiasm and participation, both locally and nationally, for the physical presence of the "spectacular" of the Super Bowl. The complaint is that the series of continuous and parallel activities are not well attended, which is an understatement. I don't think it's for the reasons the national pundits believe.

First, as we in the Great Universal Domain of New Orleans know, the NFL's Super Bowl (TM) is a prepackaged, self...