How do we determine our successes and failures?

Richard B. Joelson DSW, LCSW Locus of Control   There is a concept in the psychological literature known as locus of control that is unfamiliar to most people, even though,…

Louisiana Sheriff Resigns Amid Charges of Corruption

Sheriff Insists This is all Just One Harry Lee Sized Coincidence By Jeff Thomas Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand’s sudden and shocking resignation from office was the talk of the…

A Recent History of Injuries and Losing for Saints

Saints: Where will the Foam Finger Point at the End of This Season? By Kenneth Cooper The injury bug hovers over Airline Drive, scoping out the practices. Though small in…

Taking Over da’ Streets in NOLA

We Will Need to Go to War in  NOLA By Jeff Thomas Politicians must make difficult decisions, sometimes funding necessary projects at the expense of other necessary projects.  And governments…

The Trumps and Russia

by Roy Rodney All the lies. Lies on top of lies. Lies straight to the face of every American. Lies under oath. Lies to hide crimes. Lies to prevent further…

Is Implicit Bias a Useful Scientific Concept?

Lawrence T. White Ph.D. Measures of unconscious bias have a limited ability to predict actual behavior. Scores on direct measures of racial prejudice have declined steadily over the past 60…

How Do You Give Away Your Power?

Avoiding five habits that sabotage you. Diane Dreher Ph.D. While many people begin each year setting goals to improve their lives, too many of us are sabotaged by unproductive habits…

Young Black Men May Decide the Mayor’s Election

By Kenneth Cooper There are 18 people who want to have a word with you. There are some things they want you to know about your city.  They will tell…

So you think your sexual fantasies are wild?

Let’s find out Livia Rusu Everybody has sexual fantasies, but some may go a bit overboard. Don’t worry, I’m not here to judge. Instead, I’d like to show you a…

Protest at Your Own Peril

New Report Details Baton Rouge Police Mistreatment of Locked Up Alton Sterling Protesters   By Andrea Armstrong.  Andrea Armstrong is an Associate Professor of Law at Loyola University New Orleans,…