The End of Innocence

The obvious indifference of children to SWAT-trained cops sweeping into their neighborhoods is jarring.

The Rest of the Story

The Louisiana Purchase created all or part of 15 states. So just how are the other 14 celebrating our bicentennial?

• by Ronnie Virgets

Presents of Mind

Great gifts for holiday giving

• by Kandace Power Graves

Jurors Dismissed

New Orleans juror Kathleen Hawk Norman is fighting to overturn her jury's verdict. Nationwide, other jurors are signing affidavits, demanding DNA testing -- and calling it their civic duty.

• by Katy Reckdahl

Bridging the Gap

• by David Kunian
• Tags: Special Feature, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, 10, p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, Spencer Bohren's Annual Snug Harbor, Christmas Concert, The Chilluns

Remembering Moose Jamison

The late musician, activist, WWOZ announcer and Jazz Fest board member memorialized others in his work. Now, his friends and colleagues pay tribute to his legacy.

• by David Kunian

The Dead Zone

• by George Lang

The Best and the Worst of the Week

The Sporting Life

Sports Illustrated shows off its style and 50-year history in a new anthology of its best writing.

• by Erik Spanberg

Scuttlebutt

Daunting Tasks

• by Clancy DuBos

What has it taken so long to refurbishing a building in the middle of the French Quarter, which will house judicial offices and maybe courts?

Who is the helicopter pilot who rescued eight people from the roof of the Rault Center fire in 1972?

Cyril Interviews Me for the Web

• by Andrei Codrescu

Birds of a Feather

Mesmerized by the exploding popularity of the turducken, our restaurant critic decides the only way to understand it is to make one herself.

• by Sara Roahen

The Classics

• by Dalt Wonk

Grown Alone

• by Rick Barton
• Tags: Film Reviews, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

  , C-, (R), Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green

  , Party Monster

Give Up

• by David Lee Simmons
• Tags: Film Reviews, Nancy Meyers, B-, (PG-13), Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give

War and Illusion

• by D. Eric Bookhardt
• Tags: Art Review, Through December, Joe Bova: Politics and War, Boris, Zakic: Rift, This -- Rift That

Shell Game

In the understated neighborhood restaurant that is BARATARIA, the oysters make a powerful statement.

• by Sara Roahen
• Tags: Restaurant Review, Lunch weekdays, dinner daily, Credit Cards, Accepted, Barataria

Food News

• by Sara Roahen

Wine of the Week

• by Brenda Maitland

Clothes Encounters

• by Lee Cutrone