If you’ve never been to Louisiana, sucked a crawfish head, booed for the Saints, cheered for the bums and cried like a baby when they choked yet another game, we’ll forgive you.

While many are breathing a sigh of relief that we are in the midst of somewhat of a downturn in the H1N1 flu pandemic, it is important to remember that these viruses are notoriously unpredictable.

Legendary director James Cameron’s “Avatar” has raised the bar when it comes to movies.

The 7.0 Haitian earthquake in Port-au-Prince has stunned the world with its savage quickness and terrible loss of life.

One thing is very different about 2010 when compared to 2009 – it’s a lot colder.

We all know rock & roll entered mainstream white America in Memphis in the 1950s when Elvis Presley released “Good Rockin’ Tonight.”

If you judge a good idea by the size of the idea or project it involves, skip this column.

The news from around the area has been dominated by reports of fire and the devastation flames can bring.

Anyone hoping to see 2009 go out peacefully ought to have known better.

First came a study proclaiming Louisiana residents are the happiest in the nation.

Based on a recent study published in Science Magazine, Louisiana can claim the title of “happiest” state in the nation.

An authorized biography of Edwin Edwards, the imprisoned and disgraced former governor of Louisiana, is selling like hotcakes in bookstores around the state.

Santa Claus is not the only one making a list and checking it twice around this time of year.

The news that a high profile company is leaving the Baton Rouge area for a more erudite location in North Carolina, home of the Research Triangle, stings, but is hardly what we would call a surprise.