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Unknown Alligator ? — 2021
WGNO: NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)— Earlier this week the “dumpster gator” became a sensation in Uptown New Orleans on Perrier Street and Upperline Street. The “dumpster gator” shocked neighbors who wondered...
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Angelo Codevilla 25 May 1943– ? September 2021
Angelo Codevilla has apparently been killed in a traffic accident of some kind. Titus Techera published a fitting tribute. One of the great fighting men of American politics has died, Angelo...
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Remembering Harry Reid
A FB Friend’s analysis of career politician HARRY REID’s wealth: “He went to into politics at a young age, did not come from wealth, worked for the government his entire working life and amassed a...
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P.J. O’Rourke 14 November 1947 — 15 February 2022
The great P.J. O’Rourke died yesterday of lung cancer. He was 74. I’m 73. Imagine how I feel. You can read his biography in any of the MSM obituaries. Here is the NYT’s. I suggest reading a few...
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Mark Princi, Yale ’67
The young Mark Princi. Why go to Yale? It’s true that there are in residence a significant representation of grade-grubbing conformists, but that lumpen student body is also leavened by the presence...
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Andrew Sullivan on Queen Elizabeth
Apart from the gratuitous (and blindly partisan) dumping on Trump, Andrew was in his best form, doing a fine job of eulogizing Queen Elizabeth that even we rebellious colonials can appreciate....
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Molliter Ossa Cubent
photo: Karen L. Myers. Hard-riding long-time Thornton Hill huntsman Billy Dodson passed away December 2nd. He showed great sport. Obituary.
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Un Type Pas Ordinaire
Nous sommes des dégourdis, Nous sommes des lascars Des types pas ordinaires. Nous avons souvent notre cafard, Nous sommes des légionnaires. From the Yale Alumni Mag 1974 Class Notes: I have been...
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Remembering Drunken Uncle Mac
Ron Hart penned a terrific obituary. Since my looming family reunion will be the first one without our beloved Druncle Mac, I thought it would be nice to remember him. He died two years ago. It turns...
View ArticleClarence “Frogman” Henry Dead at Age 87
AP: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Clarence “Frogman” Henry, who was one of New Orleans’ best known old-time R&B singers and scored a hit at age 19 with “Ain’t Got No Home,” has died. He was 87. Henry died...
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