12.21.02

NEWS & VIEWS

Commentary
Green Dividends.

Measured in Ounces
Louisiana has one of the highest proportion of low-birthweight babies in the nation. The results can be death or disabilities. The cause is often a mystery.
By Katy Reckdahl

Remembering Stan Rice
When Stan Rice died earlier this month, New Orleans lost an original -- if inscrutable -- poet and painter.
By D. Eric Bookhardt

Pulp Nonfiction
With the publication of The Gangs of New York -- now a Martin Scorsese movie -- author Herbert Asbury established himself as the nation's premier chronicler of crime and sin. Not surprisingly, he soon turned his attention to New Orleans.
By Garry Boulard

Inside Jeff Parish
By Jeff Crouere

Politics
Clancy DuBos on Lott, Foster and Duke.

Bouquets and Brickbats
They get what they deserve.

Penny Post
Andrei Codrescu on Christmas raccoons.