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Oddities, backstories, and other weird things... Human nature During the eighteenth century, books that were considered offensive were sometimes punished by being whipped. Kellogg's Corn Flakes were invented by a Dr. Kellogg in hopes that they would...

LOCAL CORRUPTION? Not to put too fine a point on this one, but draw your own conclusions from this set of facts: DA David Eyster worked in Duncan James’ law office before being elected DA. Daniel Camara, 25, was originally charged with assault...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. OPENING Baggage Claim A flight attendant (Paula Patton) searches high...

By TOM AVENENGO Something a little different to get this week’s column started.  A little about the late, great, Bill Schindler. As I was working on this week’s column and looking at the photo of Schindler, above, it’s hard to believe that in the above...

“MY STOMACH CURDLES every time I see a kid concussed on the field,” Faimon Roberts, writer for The New Orleans Advocate, wrote to me recently. With boys of his own, he is sickened by concussions, and I understand. My brother played wide receiver and...