Cliff's Crib

I’m a black man from the south that grew up New Orleans. When I was Trayvon Martin’s age there was a lot of things that could have caused me...

We are in the early stages of the mental process from Sunday’s events. Unfortunately the people of New Orleans are veterans at the street vi...

And all of the other victims too.... We have to do better New Orleans.  I'll have more to say about this later.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. The weather is strangely cool for May in New Orleans. It was National Lemonade Day and the KIPP 4H stand ju...

Today I was sitting in my office looking out of the window watching the downpour of rain and I said to myself “Cliff, you need a ...

“"Put molly all in her champagne/ She ain't even know it/ I took her home and I enjoyed that/ She ain't even know it,"...

2013 has gotten off to a rocky start. First, my take home pay was reduced when the Medicaid tax cut expired. Second, my take home pay was re...

I’ve never watched Superbowl coverage. I didn’t even watch it when the Saints were playing. There’s only so many ways you can hear the ...

I’ve been watching and reading about Manti Te’o for the last two days. It’s a real fascinating story. It has so many elements of what I f...

This is another edition of "Walk with a Real One" and this post is dedicated to the five foot something lady who has always been b...

This is the first blog post of 2013. I have to say it was a good holiday season. There wasn’t anything I did or money I spent that I regret....

2012 is coming to a close. The best thing about this year is that for the first year in a long time I didn’t have to be anyone’s pall beare...

This second edition of "Walk With a Real One" has a different tone to it.  I'm now speaking as a 21 year old young man in coll...

I was in a meeting Friday when we heard about what happened in Connecticut. It didn’t really sink in just how tragic it was at first but onc...

I finally bought a Christmas tree today. This is the latest I have ever been into the holiday season without decorating the tree. I usually...

Okay, before i start, I would like to say that the reason I am doing this post about my beloved hometown New Orleans Saints is because my bi...