Over the weekend, the President gave a speech at Xavier University in New Orleans to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina hitting the Crescent City. While we at the Hayride have intentionally attempted to leave Katrina alone as much... (Continue reading)
Three highly-publicized issues involving U.S. Sen. David Vitter in the past two weeks, along with an increasing momentum for Republican and conservative candidates nationwide, seem to be driving a major surge for Louisiana’s junior senator in his bid for re-election this... (Continue reading)
In yet another example of the stellar success of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the public corruption trial of former Democrat state senator and 2006 U.S. congressional candidate Derrick Shepherd concluded today with a 37-month jail... (Continue reading)
In the two weeks since the New Orleans Saints won the NFC Championship Game and launched the NFL franchise into its first Super Bowl, a good deal of national attention and well-wishing has descended upon the city. That’s been a... (Continue reading)
Echoing a number of statements we’ve made here at the Hayride, estimable New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist James Gill let loose today with a brutal – and highly entertaining – smackdown of the Louisiana Democrat Party and some of the loopy... (Continue reading)
Two items involving U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jim Letten surfaced today, neither likely having much to do with each other. First, Letten was finally given the official go-ahead from Attorney General Eric Holder as a reappointed... (Continue reading)
The Times-Picayune is reporting today that Attorney General Eric Holder has assured Sen. David Vitter that U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jim Letten will be sticking around and a formal announcement will be made soon – a... (Continue reading)
As the ever-more-curious James O’Keefe arrest story continues to develop, the Louisiana Democrat Party has now weighed in with a reliably breathless, stupid and illogical statement. In a release late this afternoon, acting state party head Michael McHale said the... (Continue reading)
Yesterday, President Barack Obama nominated Stephanie Finley, an assistant U.S. Attorney in Lafayette, to fill the open U.S. Attorney post for the Western District of Louisiana. Finley, who has been a federal prosecutor, judge advocate and Lieutenant Colonel in the... (Continue reading)
After seven years of Ray Nagin, the people of New Orleans are all too familiar with the idea of a buffoon as their mayor. It’s questionable whether an appetite exists for another pea from that pod. Such an appetite would... (Continue reading)