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Political skullduggeries are as much at home in Louisiana as crawfish or beignets. Few people in New Orleans believe the November contest in which Democrat Mary Landrieu defeated Jenkins by 5,788 votes was, in its execution, a model of civic propriety. But Jenkins' cause was dealt a serious blow last week when Democrats on the Senate Rules Committee walked away from the investigation he demanded after the election. They had learned that Jenkins hired a two-bit gumshoe named Thomas ("Papa Bear") Miller--a New Orleans operative with a long, sometimes violent criminal record. Papa Bear...
...jobs going to China [BUSINESS, July 22]. Because of Chinese human-rights violations, I do not buy products made in China. This has become increasingly difficult, however, as the American market is flooded with Chinese goods. This year Louisiana fishermen were severely hurt when the Chinese undersold Louisiana-harvested crawfish 40% to 50% per lb. At the supermarket, people wondered aloud how the Chinese could possibly make a profit. I fear they are using political prisoners and virtual slave labor. MARTA MCCARRON Baton Rouge, Louisiana
...DINNER THAT CHEF John Folse prepared for a private party of Procter & Gamble executives tasted rich enough to make a cardiologist apoplectic. Folse, owner of the celebrated Lafitte's Landing restaurant near Baton Rouge, served thick seafood gumbo, sauteed herb-encrusted duck breast, sauteed speckled trout, fried soft-shell crawfish, salad with vinaigrette dressing and--for those who had room left for it--Mardi Gras cake. Every dish was prepared the old-fashioned Louisiana way, with generous dollops of oil; every bite tasted heavenly. Yet the whole thing, from soup to dessert, was a low-fat meal. That's because...
...movies portray the state's citizens as Bayou-dwellers hunting for crawfish and speaking a kind of bastardized French. This is the land of "The Big Easy"--not of apple pie, baseball or Chevrolet...
Backstage, the legendary Cajun fiddler Dewey Balfa, 65, waits his turn to go on, a red plastic crawfish dangling from the neck of his violin. He speaks of the "great migration" -- the expulsion of the French Acadians from Canada in 1755 -- as if it happened yesterday. "What they brought here is still alive in our culture and our love for each other," he says. "I'm an American, but I don't want to lose my French identity...