Baton Rouge If something has to be named to be known, what are those of us who are New Orleanians now? Homeless? Certainly. Evacuees? Yes, but only some of us were evacuated by others. Others had the ways and means to evacuate on their own. Evacuees is a picture of huddled and …
Month: September 2005
Bush, the Elder and Baker, the Bigot
Baton Rouge Someone, either family or friend, and, if not, then the entirety of the American people need to tell Barbara Bush to put a sock in it! She swept into the Astrodome the other day and regally announced that the evacuees essentially were “eating cake!” Having lost their homes, their jobs, and even the …
In the Bywater
New York Trying to pull pieces of the puzzle together to get a snapshot of where one lives and works is a guessing game. Reading the paper on the plane last night from Dallas to New York, I imagine that gradually as the water recedes they are allowing reporters to follow on the house to …