Cliff's Crib

On August 25, 2011 this blog made 7 years old. I'm old school. I'm a veteran. I've been posting a long time. You get the idea. ...

Unless LSU has been hiding something for the last few years I feel comfortable in saying that Jordan Jefferson is a good kid. Nevertheless...

New Orleans City Councilman at Large Arnie Fielkow is stepping down to move to Chicago. He’s going to be the president of the NBA Retire...

I am a college football junkie. I'm one of those guys that watches ESPN U for signing day and follows the recruiting websites. I used ...

School is in full swing around these parts. The little kids are going back to school and the big kids are going off to college. I had a talk...

On Saturday I went down to the beach in Mississippi. I can’t say that was our end of summer event but it might as well be since school is st...

On the way in to work this morning I was listening to a discussion on the radio about private sector jobs versus government jobs. According ...

I’ ve been following the debt ceiling debate and I keep hearing everyone talking about all the spending we are doing as a country. It’s sup...

A young man who I consider a brother and friend was just became principal of his own school in Mississippi. He’s coming a long way from the ...

For the past few weeks at the intersection of Downman Road and Chef Mentuer Highway in New Orleans there’s an old school sight. A young man ...

It might be an understatement to say that so far 2011 has been my best year from an attitude standpoint. I haven’t been a happy person. I th...

The feeling of not wanting to be around people can hit me at the wrong times. The latest episode of that came this weekend which is messed u...

First Line Charter Schools is taking over my alma mater Joseph S. Clark Senior High School. It will now be the Joseph S. Clark Preparatory H...

I was thinking about buying my former mayor Ray Nagin’s book. The title pulled me in. There are some secrets from Katrina that I wouldn’t mi...

According to an article on the front page of the Times Picayune this morning, men in New Orleans have one of the lowest life expectancies in...

At last year’s Rising Tide Conference I brought my little brother from the mentoring program to hang out with me and to show him another sid...

Vacation is the bomb. I have no idea why I don’t stay home more often but I am going to. I really don’t want to work at all. I think it woul...

Being born with less I must confess Only adds on to the stress Two gunshots to my homie ’s head Died in his vest Shot him to death and left ...

I was going to name this post “All the things we could do with all the land we cleared in the middle of the city for a hospital that only ne...

I’m sitting outside today trying to enjoy my 37th birthday and the start of my vacation. When I left work yesterday I gave my coworker a lis...