New Orleans — The Good Men Project

Teach Consent in Classrooms [OpEd]

May 3, 2013 By Christian Coleman 25 Comments

Christian Coleman, War on Drugs, DARE, Louisiana, New Orleans, Sexual Assault, education, high school, National Education Association, Madd, Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Christian Coleman argues we need to teach consent in high school classrooms and he’s proposing legislation to make that mandatory.

Filed Under: OpEds Tagged With: Christian Coleman, cigarette tax, DARE, education, high school, louisiana, Madd, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, National Education Association, New Orleans, sexual assault, war on drugs

Call for Op-Eds From New Editor

April 8, 2013 By Christian Coleman 2 Comments

gmppost1

Christian Coleman, the Good Men Project’s new Op-Ed editor, tells a little about himself and asks for your input.

Filed Under: OpEds Tagged With: Alabama Crimson Tide, Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner, MFA, New Orleans, OpEd, Opinion, University of New Orleans, ZZ Top

Months of Lockdown

February 10, 2013 By Spoon Jackson 1 Comment

173095949_98f535cd0a_o

While in lockdown, poet and prisoner Spoon Jackson flies in his mind’s eye, witness to freedom and injustice.

Filed Under: Poet Behind Bars, Prison, The Good Life Tagged With: death, disaster, hate crime, Hurricane Katrina, injustice, institutionalized racism, Katrina, murder, New Orleans, Police, prison life, Racism, tragedy

Superdome Blackout Caused by “Abnormality in the System”

February 4, 2013 By the Editors Leave a Comment

super bowl blackout1

Superdome spokesman Eric Eagan said, “We sincerely apologize for the incident.”

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: amanda black, Associated Press, blackout at the super bowl, blackout at the superdome, Columbus, does new orleans need a new stadium?, eric eagan, Forbe's, Hurricane Katrina Superdome, Indianapolis, Louisiana Superdome, lucas oil stadium, mercedes-benz superdome, Mississippi, mitch landrieu, new meadowlands stadium, New Orleans, new orleans times-picayune, New York, nfl, super bowl 2013, Super Bowl XLVII, superdome

BREAKING NEWS: Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges

January 18, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos 1 Comment

ray nagin_GMP (588x362)

A city contractor allegedly gave “concealed and direct campaign monies” to Nagin.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: bribery, CNN, federal corruption charges, fraud, Hurricane Katrina, louisiana, money laundering, national sos, New Orleans, ray nagin

New Report Shows Violent Crime Rates Linked to Lead Poisoning

January 6, 2013 By Kathryn DeHoyos 2 Comments

car exhaust_GMP (588x356)

The rise and fall of leaded gasoline directly mimics the arc of violent crime in America.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: crack, crime rates in the us, drop in violent crime, gasoline, Kathryn DeHoyos, lead, lead poisioning, Mother Jones, New Orleans, violent crime

The Plague

November 9, 2012 By Jesse Kornbluth 1 Comment

8143793093_94d26d857f_b

What do we owe our neighbors in times of crisis?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content Tagged With: Albert Camus, Algeria, anguish, books, catastrophe, Cities, civilization, crisis, disaster, ethics, FEMA, Global Warming, glory, government, grief, humankind, Hurricane Katrina, Media, mens news, nantucket, nazi ideology, Neighbors, New Orleans, new york city, pestilence, politicians, terror, The Plague, tuberculosis, war on terror

Emotional Intelligence of Mass Extinction

September 25, 2012 By Gabriel Orgrease 3 Comments

4926596880_321ac69592_b (1)

How do you live with the awareness of death on a massive scale?

Filed Under: 9/11, Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, Historical Perspectives on Goodness, The Good Life Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, chernobyl, clean up sites, climate change, destruction, Fukushima, genocide, grief, history, Holocaust, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, loss, Lower Ninth Ward, mass killings, Murrah Federal Building, natural disasters, nazis, New Orleans, Oklahoma City bombing, personal history, poland, rescue operations, sacred sites, trauma, USSR, volunteers, war on terror, World War II

Lois Lane

July 19, 2012 By Christian Coleman Leave a Comment

shutterstock_83396740

Superman has no need for Lois Lane.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content Tagged With: alligators, breaking up, Christian Coleman, coffee, domestic violence, drinking, drunk, foot rubs, gambling, gators, girlfriend, grief, intimacy, lions, Lois Lane, monsters, New Orleans, relationships, sex, Spider-man!, Starbucks, Superman, West Virginia, White Knight Syndrome, Zorro

Lame: ‘I’ll Have Another’ Won’t Go for Triple Crown

June 8, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 1 Comment

oaks.04.cropped

Jamie Reidy comments on the devastating news that Triple Crown threat I’ll Have Another will not run the Belmont Stakes.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Austin Collinsworth, Belmont Stakes, Cris Collinsworth, ESPN, Good Feed Blog, I'll Have Another, iphone, Kentucky Derby, NBC, New Orleans, nfl, Notre Dame, Preakness, Smarty Jones, Triple Crown

Bad Sports: NFL’s Saints Pay For Pain

March 3, 2012 By Jamie Reidy 5 Comments

Screen Shot 2012-03-03 at 10.24.14 AM

Jamie Reidy riffs on the news that New Orleans Saints defenders purposely tried to knock opposing players out of the game for cash.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: Bergen Catholic, Chris Christie, Judy Batista, New Jersey, New Orleans, new york times, nfl, Saints, St. Joseph Regional

Great Moments in History, Narrated by Gus Johnson

March 24, 2011 By Ryan O'Hanlon 1 Comment

We give you Gus Johnson announcing the greatest moments in the history of humankind. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: announcing, Gus Johnson, history, March Madness, NCAA basketball, New Orleans

Superdad Chris Shulgan on ‘Cocaine’s Son’

February 22, 2011 By Christopher Shulgan 4 Comments

“Superdad” author Christopher Shulgan reviews Dave Itzkoff’s new memoir about his relationship with his cocaine-addict father.

Filed Under: A&E, Good Reads Tagged With: Black Swan Green, Christopher Shulgan, Clancy Martin, Cocaine's Son, Dave Itzkoff, David Mitchell, How To Sell, New Orleans, The New York Times

Amy Grant is a whore

December 29, 2010 By J.R. Reed 26 Comments

FYI…It’s called “Adultery” and it’s one of the Ten Commandments. Check it out sometime. I was in the shower Sunday night when a thought ran through my head. I have no idea why this thought ran through my head or where it came from, but it was there. I stood there a moment, body puff [...]

Filed Under: Dad Rants, General Nonsense, Reed My Writing Tagged With: adultery, Amy Grant, asswipe, bible, California Highway Patrol, Gary Chapman, God, Good Housekeeping, harlot, Indio, Jerry Falwell, Jessica hahn, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Lord, New Orleans, PTL, televangelist, Vinbce Gill, whore

Photo of the Day

September 9, 2010 By Newsroom Leave a Comment

In honor of the NFL opener tonight between the Vikings and the Saints. Photo by JustUptown

Filed Under: Good Feed Blog Tagged With: New Orleans, nfl, photo of the day, Saints, Who Dat?

Good Feed Blog

Kaitlyn Hunt with her father Steven Hunt Jr.

My Daughter Was Arrested, Expelled and Charged With a Felony for a Same-Sex Relationship She Had as a Minor

The nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.

zach sobiech, justin baldoni, soul pancake, soulpancake, upworthy, justin baldoni, my last days

Zach Sobiech May Have Died, But His Music and His Love Live On

Justin Baldoni: “It’s not because you’re dying. It’s because of the way you’re living.”

Connecticut gun control, CT gun control passes, Newtown shooting, Newtown gun control,

Gun Rights Group Files Lawsuit Against Officials in Connectucut

The Office of the Connecticut Attorney General asserts that the new legislation is legal and the office is “prepared to vigorously defend the law against any court challenge.”

walmart-father-with-mixed-kids

Walmart Security Accuses Father of Kidnapping His Own Biracial Children

A Virginia man was accused of kidnapping his own children last week because, according to Walmart security, a white man with biracial children just didn’t “match up.”

anti-gay, boy scouts, gay ban

Boy Scouts Vote on Lifting Ban on Gay Members

A controversial debate within the Boy Scouts of America is coming to a head this week as 1,400 of its leaders vote on lifting the ban that doesn’t allow homosexuals or atheists into its ranks.