Errol Laborde

Christmas morning in Louisiana is not what would be expected from the picture book images of the season. I experienced that because for several years we would

N-37 would fail me several times Friday evening as I hoped to achieve riches at the periodic St. Anthony of Padua church Bingo. Mastery of the game is not a

This is the time of the year for pronouncing who or what from the past year were among the best or worst. Therefore, we raise the question, who should get the

Though written by Franz Schubert in 1825, no one performed the song “Ave Maria” better, at least to New Orleanians whose tastes are infused with rhythm and

Other than a light snow fall in 1953, the ’04 event was the only other recorded local white Christmas. In 1989, the landscape had been covered with ice

The Heralds of Carnival usher in the festive season with their annual journey down the St. Charles Avenue line.

This week, we begin a Carnival season in the wake of a horrible tragedy. It has happened before; then Carnival was tested as part of the recovery.

Don’t look for this to happen anytime soon, but last week President-elect Donald Trump made several suggestions that would certainly create more work for map makers. One is that the Gulf of Mexico’s name should be changed to the Gulf of America. Another is that the United States should take over the Panama Canal, which it was responsible for building. Another is that America should purchase Greenland, which is currently under the possession of the Dutch. And the last is that Canada should become the nation’s 51 st state.

This is a commentary about a political quirk that will only be relevant one day, Jan. 20, 2025, and in the whole nation is most meaningful in New Orleans. Here goes: Today is presidential inauguration day. Originally, in 1789, the First Continental Congress established March 4 as the official swearing-in date for chief executives. (Because […]

Snow falls in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)