I’m hoping the Saints will turn around their losing streak this Sunday when they travel to play the Seattle Seahawks. But I’m also pulling for my friend Jeanne as she makes the same trip.

“I’m going up to Seattle for two reasons,” she told me late one recent night at the music club d.b.a. “Number one is for the Saints but number two is to see some friends. So I have to bring up some red beans.” Read the rest of this entry »

by Sam Winston

This post was originally published Tuesday, October 9th. A new video clip has been added.

The USA Today recently put out the top 25 news stories/headlines from the last quarter century. The fall of Communism as symbolized by the fall of the Berlin Wall was number one. Hurricane Katrina was number four.

“Our final Top 25 list features the biggest news stories of the past quarter-century. They’re the ones that generated the largest headlines, the greatest change, the most vivid memories, the most immediate impact.” Read the rest of this entry »