Rita’s lawyer says detractors are misinformed ~Ramon Antonio Vargas, N.O. Advocate

Hotel industry braces for oil fallout ~Jessica Goff, The Advertiser

Inequality in the Air We Breathe? ~Charles M. Blow, NYT

King Cake Festival today!

How the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus became a religion, for tax purposes anyway ~Doug MacCash