Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury – It’s Katrina Time

New Orleans Judge Terry Alacorn of Section L, Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, told all of us in the jury pool that participating in citizen service as a juror was second only to military service in making the country work.  Maybe?  Definitely there were many in the pool with me who [...]

A 9th Ward Welcome for Obama

Delhi I can’t be everywhere, but I wish I were going to be home in New Orleans when President Obama finally makes good on his promise to visit and step up his role in rebuilding.  Of course from halfway around the world, it’s hard to understand most of what’s happening on the home front.

There seems [...]

New Orleans Revitalization

Silver Spring Campbell Robertson from the Times did a piece on the Katrina impact on New Orleans at the 4th anniversary and given the fact – to their credit – that the Times has stayed on the New Orleans / Katrina story all of these years, it bears attention, if for nothing else to [...]

Katrina Airstreams With a Future

New Orleans Eventually you have to admit Katrina has passed over, even if the city and its people still bear the raw scars of four years ago as if yesterday.  So with as much resignation as relief, it was clear to me that finally I had to move my Airstreams off the back lot of [...]

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