New Orleans Frequently in the city these days people will talk about the “new normal” in New Orleans. It is recognition that the city is not going to be what it was in the past, and some things seem normal now that might have been unusual or bizarre before the storm. Here are three examples …
Month: July 2006
Riding Hard
Los Angeles The reality of air travel and the amazing way that airports have become the “new bus stations” became starkly clear at 4:30 AM on Saturday morning. TSA opened the security lines and since I was flying Continental Elite, I was the 3rd person through the line and onto the concourse. Nothing was open. …
Big Box Breakthrough in Chi-town
Atlanta All of us against all of them, full body no holds barred throw down in Chicago. ACORN, labor, some churches in front with Brennan Center in back against Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and other big boxes with Mayor Daley in back. Round by round a bruiser. Madeline Talbott, Chicago ACORN head organizer, told me the …