Contemporary African Art, N'awlins, and, ugh, Congress

Need an update on contemporary African artists? Except for the fact that the site profiles a dozen males to every one female, it gets a heads-up from me. Go there and ask for equitable representation of female African artists. "It's a big continent. There have to be some," she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. And note: The site does cover artists in genres other than painting.

From the sublime to the not-so-much, here's a source for the flow of money and other shenanigans in Congress, including legislative issues, news, campaigns, votes, and all you need to start kicking the Democrats in the hiney and kicking the Republicans from here to Mars.

JLP/New Orleans for the N'awlins lovers and visual addicts among us. Lovely photography and informed commentary add up to a valuable, at times poetic, compendium in praise of New Orleans history and architectural style. Kudos to Jeff Lamb.