“New Orleans” on The Daily Caller

Gauntlet, meet the ground. (more)

Americans across the country watched New Orleanians prevail and rise above the devastation and destruction brought on by Katrina and Rita five years ago. The nation’s eye is on us, once again, watching to see how we will rebound from the latest tragedy foisted upon us: BP’s oil spill. Our resiliency and unwavering commitment to our community, our business and our families remain as steadfast today as it was following the catastrophic storms five years ago. But today, there is a difference. The long-term impact of this epic spill on the economic foundation of the Gulf Coast region, spanning four states, is calamitous. (more)

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 6. Please feel free to contact us with any specific line-up questions or general thoughts on the rankings. (more)

On New Year’s Day 2009, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) policeman Johannes Mehserle shot an unarmed black man as he lay face down on an Oakland, California BART station platform. Oscar Grant died the next morning. Like the Rodney King beating, the event was video-recorded by bystanders. As a result, there is absolutely no doubt Oscar Grant was face down, policemen kneeling on him, when Mehserle drew his pistol and shot Grant in the back at point blank range. (more)

The polls look bad and time is running out, so Louisiana Democrats have resorted to playing the sex card in Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race. (more)

NEW ORLEANS – The calendar screams that it’s too early for grand proclamations. Week three games in the NFL don’t decide division titles or playoff berths. They merely give us some sense of direction. (more)

Wide Receivers (more)

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 2. Please feel free to contact us with any specific line-up questions or general thoughts on the rankings. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO — Five things we learned while watching the Saints beat the 49ers in a real nail-biter on Monday Night Football, with New Orleans winning 25-22 on Garrett Hartley’s wounded-duck field goal as time expired … (more)

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 2. Please feel free to contact us with any specific line-up questions or general thoughts on the rankings. (more)

While meeting in New Orleans in April, a handful of aides to Sarah Palin made a decision about how the former vice presidential candidate would communicate with the public: instead of having a spokesman, they decided, she’ll use Twitter and Facebook to express her views. (more)

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that it expected to file a civil suit against the oil companies involved in the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for violation of federal environmental laws. (more)

They own a luxurious Los Angeles mansion and a $3.5 million French-style home in New Orleans. (more)

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — For Minnesota Vikings defensive back Husain Abdullah, the most important clock inside the Metrodome was not the one keeping time for his team’s recent preseason game with the Seattle Seahawks. Another, showing the time of day, held greater significance for him and for the Vikings’ training staff. (more)

President Obama’s recent trip to New Orleans was the last straw: “He delayed the trip, and then only stayed a day,” New Orleans native-turned-Chicago dentist William Dejean told The Daily Caller. (more)

The federal bureaucracy’s blundering response to Hurricane Katrina is a lesson in the ineffectiveness of big government. (more)

NEW ORLEANS — George W. Bush’s presidency never fully recovered after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans. How ironic that five years later, its residents have him to thank for a brighter future. (more)

Five years later, what good came from Hurricane Katrina? (more)

President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don’t know he’s a Christian – and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he’s a Muslim. (more)

NEW ORLEANS — Gulf Coast residents tried to put Hurricane Katrina behind them on Sunday, marking its fifth anniversary by casting wreaths into the water to remember the hundreds killed. But part of the catastrophe lives on, in abandoned homes still bearing spray-painted circles indicating they had been searched and whether bodies were found inside. (more)