I’ve been convinced for a while now that one reason for the popularity of daiquiris in New Orleans is that so many locals were practically weaned on sno-balls. Sweet, brightly colored and icy, they can be seen as something like low-octane training wheels for the sweet, brightly colored, icy and Read the rest of this entry »

Whose side are they on?

In November 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asked the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to peer review the work of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), which was a group the Corps commissioned—yes, even now this sounds strange that the Corps would be allowed to authorize this and not an independent panel—to assess the performance of the hurricane protection system in New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana. Read the rest of this entry »