This Week’s News In Song Only the best Christmas song ever by the best Christmas singer ever. PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS by Aaron Neville tinyurl.com/merryaaron Friends and relations send salutations Sure as the stars shine above This is Christmas, yes, Christmas, my dear The time of year to be with the one you love [...]
BGR is pleased to announce that Ellis Henican will be the guest speaker for the 2011 Bureau of Governmental Research Annual Luncheon. Bureau of Governmental Research is a private, non-profit, independent research organization dedicated to informed public policy making and the effective use of public resources for the improvement of government in the New Orleans metropolitan area. [...]
“This City” by Steve Earle http://tinyurl.com/wontdrown Six years ago this week, the Mississippi Gulf Coast was hit by Hurricane Katrina. We can’t ever forget how the city of New Orleans was devastated. “This city won’t wash away This city won’t ever drown Blood in the water and hell to pay Sky tear open and pain rain down. Doesn’t [...]
“The impact of the Katrina recovery on the economy of New Orleans and the Gulf coast may have some lessons in it for us as we deal with the smaller—but comparable—Irene.” – Ellis Henican President Obama may find that the damage left by Irene provides the need for an economic stimulus package that both Democrats [...]
Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, August 27, 2011 Ten hard-earned lessons from Katrina, recalled just in time for Irene: 1. The hurricane categories go all the way to 5, but don’t let the scale fool you. 3’s can be awfully vicious too. When Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, it was clocked as a 3. Enough [...]
“One of the lessons of Katrina, where government–Republicans and Democrats–failed us at all levels, was that what really rebuilt the area was individuals – college kids, church groups.” Ellis Henican – Long Island Newsday Columnist and New Orleans native. With Long Island bracing for what President Obama called an historic storm, Stuart Varney suggested [...]
It’s still summer but even in New Orleans,where it feels like 103°, they’re already playing football. “Home Team“— the New York Times Bestseller written by Sean Payton and Ellis Henican (and available now in paperback)—is the inspirational story of a city recovering from the devastation of Katrina and the unlikely journey of the Saints to the [...]
“There are very few people in American history who can stand in front of an audience and inspire people.” – Ellis Henican Ellis Henican, Amy Dickinson, and Mary Matalin offer their views on Barack Obama at the Tennesse Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans (March 27, 2011). Is he charming Americans? [...]
A CenTENNial Celebration and a Silver Anniversary Celebrate Tennessee Williams’ 100th Birthday at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Are you going to be in New Orleans March 23 – 27, 2011? You’ll want to come over to the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. The five-day fête honors the legendary Tennessee Williams, his works, [...]
“Playoff football hits the frozen tundra″, Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, January 9, 2011 Is football an inside game or an outside game? Is America a nation of wimps? Just in time for Wild Card Weekend in the NFL, both those questions hang in the air like big, fat snowflakes. And the schedule isn’t warming anybody up. [...]
ELLIS HENICAN is a columnist at Newsday and a political analyst on the Fox News Channel. He also hosts a nationally syndicated weekend show on Talk Radio Network, is author of a New York Times Bestseller, and is the voice of “Stormy” on the hit Cartoon Network series “Sealab 2021.”
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