Jena 6 defendant Mychal Bell was returned to jail yesterday. The judge, J.P. Mauffrey, who has refused to recuse himself from the case despite calls that he do so, activated suspended sentences […]
Jena 6 D.A. Reed Walters – Jesus loves him, everyone else is just out to get him…
LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters is feeling rather put upon these days. In fact, he’s felt compelled to defend himself in The New York Times. The way he sees it, he’s […]
Jena 6 defendant’s conviction overturned – well, kinda sorta, I mean, you know, maybe it would do the kid some good to stay in jail with an exorbitant bond while the local D.A. tries to ratchet up his remaining charges…
The Associated Press reports that a Louisiana appeals court has overturned the conviction of Mychal Bell, the first defendant in the Jena 6 case. Don’t get excited. It’s not over. The kid […]
Jena 6 update: The NAACP finally gets involved, the good old boys have some fun, and whites in Jena say “we’re not like that, that’s them people over there” yadda yadda…
When Doug Marlette died July 10th, bringing to an end his wonderful comic strip about the South, Kudzu, most of us who “don’t hate the South,†as Quentin Compson would say, were […]
The Jena 6 and the “old” South; or, plus ca change…you know the rest….
“You can’t understand it. You would have to be born there.” – Quentin Compson, Absalom, Absalom, referring to the South Too often those of us born in the South fall back upon […]
Jena reporting – sound and fury signifying…what?
Raquel Christie’s article in the latest American Journalism Review is a thorough analysis and critique of media coverage of the Jena 6 controversy which S&R has done its own thorough job of […]
Rome on fire – Boomer bands get back together in response…
Hello. My name is Jim Booth and I’m (at least nominally) a writer for S&R. For those of you vaguely familiar with my work and wondering where I’ve been, here’s a brief […]
The L-word: Al Sharpton and the Golf Channel eliminate racism in America
Political correctness elevates sensitivity over truth. – Bill Maher You Americans can be so silly sometimes. Take the latest flare-up of political correctness in your sports world. Kelly Tilghman, the Golf Channel […]
2007 in Review, pt. 2: When in the course of current events…
Welcome back to day 2 of the S&R Year in Review. Today we tackle some of 2007’s big moments in news and current events. The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Surpasses the […]
Obama and the false war of generational dynamics
By Martin Bosworth Pundits are much like birds flocking south for the winter…they travel in large groups, directed a certain way by a few leaders that twist this way and that, directing […]
