(The Center Square) − Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is moving to reinstate the death penalty for Dale Dwayne Craig. He is convicted of murdering an LSU freshman in 1992 when Craig was eight days shy of his 18th birthday. Murrill filed a motion this week with the U.S. Supreme Court, explicitly targeting the court’s […] The post Murrill seeks to reinstate death penalty for convicted killer appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
From Gillette and Bud Light, companies keep alienating the very people who built their brands. Now Cracker Barrel has joined the list, making changes to its branding and design that nobody asked for. On this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay explain how Cracker Barrel’s new marketing will wreck the […] The post The Spectacle Podcast: The Fall Of Cracker Barrel appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
(By James Varney/RealClear Investigations) NEW ORLEANS, La. – On Friday, August 26, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was just another nuisance storm lurking in the Gulf of Mexico and possibly headed our way. I was more concerned about Ohio State’s first-ever game against Texas in two weeks. As people from Houston to Tallahassee have done for decades […] The post A Katrina Odyssey: A Reporter Recounts Devastation, Confusion, Moments of Grace appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
Today, after every tragic shooting, I hear the same spirit of mockery: “Where is your prayer now? What good is it?” Robert Westman, the Minnesota “transwoman” who murdered two small children at a Catholic church, inscribed “Where is your God now?” on his rifle, in a supreme case of insult added to injury. Perhaps Westman […] The post BERNARD: The Eternal Kingdom vs. Earthly Temptations appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
Cracker Barrel got into all off our heads over the last week, by either corporate arrogance or sheer marketing genius. We highly suspect the latter. But it’s a risky gambit with a beloved national brand. Efforts by CBRL (their stock ticker name) to refresh the brand have been going on for many years. Cracker Barrel […] The post ANALYSIS: Conservatives Were Played by Cracker Barrel’s Marketing Experts appeared first on The Hayride.| The Hayride
The story of the first time I went to a club is an excruciatingly clichéd Lebanese tale. The kind you’d expect a foreigner to concoct for their faux arthouse film. But alas, life in Lebanon does toe the line between the real, the fictitious, and the surreal. I grew up in a working class household […]| Dazed MENA
The past decade has blessed (cursed) us with many safe spaces, nightlife being the prominent one. Many social establishments now have extensive manifestos whereby they host events ‘catered’ to specific communities. The twinks vs dolls cigarette smoking competition or emo night: hijab edition—the list goes on and on. In the ruins of a saturated and […]| Dazed MENA
(RNS) — His radio show and books shaped generations and fueled the shame that drove queer people like me into conversion therapy. The post Dr. James Dobson’s death ends a life, but not a legacy of lies and harm appeared first on RNS.| RNS
The new War of the Worlds film starring Ice Cube has hit theaters, and audiences are already calling it one of the worst movies ever made. But it is far from the only contender for that title. On this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay reveal their picks for the worst movies […]| The Hayride
“Even my parents have friends with little kids who tell me how awesome it is to come see me — ’cause they know me. I think that kind of inspires them, too,” one player said.| VTDigger
Long before hunger lays claim to the body, it loosens the scaffolding of language, erasing clarity, dismantling rhythm, and leaving behind the fragile debris of thought. What begins as a coherent paragraph soon dissolves into fragments, until all that remains is the involuntary tremor of a mind too starved to hold meaning. And so, before my […]| Dazed MENA
(The Conversation) — Beach vacations became popular only around the 19th-20th centuries – as part of the lifestyle of the wealthy.| RNS
The GirlA form, an echo, a praxis. Not bound by age, biology, or identity, but by affect. She is pink-hued resistance, algorithmic surrender, psychic infrastructure. She exists in the temporal space “before”, yet produced endlessly in the now. Almost always.| Dazed MENA
Michelle Alozie knows how to hold multiple positions at once, literally and figuratively. A forward at her club, Houston Dash, a defender for Nigeria’s Super Falcons, and a trained medical professional working part-time as a cancer research technician in Texas in between, Alozie is a multi-hyphenate with a rigorous and intuitive playbook. In a world that often demands women simplify themselves to be legible, Alozie’s approach, like that of the rest of her teammates on Nigeria's national t...| Dazed MENA
Joe Echegini loves music but isn’t particularly concerned with noise. A midfielder at Paris Saint-Germain and a forward for Nigeria’s Super Falcons, she plays with a clarity that belies the chaos, bringing a deliberate simplicity to the game, unbothered by distraction or pressure.| Dazed MENA
Fox 8 in New Orleans ran a story last night about the budding crisis Louisiana’s public TV and radio stations are about to face if Sen. John Kennedy gets his way and some $500 million in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is struck from the federal budget. A proposed bill in Congress is […]| The Hayride
The Onassis Foundation has restored Cavafy House in Alexandria, Egypt, in partnership with the Hellenic Foundation for Culture| Arts & Collections
