Scoot@wwl.com - Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Today, the Boy Scouts of America's national council approved a policy to accept openly gay boys as Scouts, but the ban of gay adults leaders remains in place. . There have been gays in the Boy Scouts since...

The right to free speech in America also grants every individual the right to reveal their ignorance! Pete Santilli, a right-wing Internet talk show host, has attracted the attention of Secret Service after he said that he would like to shoot Hillary...

Friday, May 17, 2013 - TV Evangelist Pat Robertson has once again said something that makes you wonder if he really is a Christian! The conservative Christian leader has said that hurricanes, including Katrina, are God's way of punishing cities for...

5.14.13 - scoot@wwl.com As Mayor Landrieu continues to intensify pressure on the criminal element in New Orleans, finger-pointing is also escalating. Since the crime problem in New Orleans has grown over generations in a culture of corruption from...

What a beautiful Sunday afternoon it was for Mother's Day! I was in the French Quarter with plans to go to Frenchman yesterday afternoon when I received the text alert from WWL.com that numerous people had been shot during the Mother's Day Second Line...

What little we are now hearing about life of 3 young women who were abducted and held captive for 10 years in the basement of a Cleveland home supports our worst instinctive nightmares. One of the 3 women, Amanda Berry, escaped captivity with a...

Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his State of the City address to an audience at the new Treme Center. The setting was appropriate because it represents not only how New Orleans is coming back, but also points to the city's future. Mayor...

Since I do like newer bands and their music, I don't think I always give enough credit to the music I played over the years of doing music radio. Sunday at Jazz Fest, I really wanted to see Daryl Hall and John Oates AND The Black Keys. They both...

All of the words that can be used to describe New Orleans can also be used to describe Jazz Fest. Jazz Fest defines New Orleans! The variety of music from jazz to rock, the wide selection of food from crawfish bread to sno-balls and the diversity...

There has been a growing controversy about 'realistic' toy guns for kids – now the debate is over whether 'real' guns should be made to look like toys for kids. Recently, there has been a series of shootings involving young children using real...