New Orleans What’s new in the neighborhood, you might ask. Well, they finally finished the landscaping around the Alvar Street Library. The flowers are long gone, I suppose because that requires maintenance. I’m not sure what I think about all of it, but I know I don’t like the locked gate which privatizes public …
Month: June 2007
Quitting the Movement
New Orleans I have to admit to deeply mixed feelings upon reading the news that Cindy Sheehan, the bereaved mother of an American soldier lost in Iraq, was throwing in the towel as a spokesperson and leader of the anti-war efforts. I don’t believe these are fights that any of us can quit on …
Not Fendi, Maybe Coke?
New Orleans Wal-Mart recently settled a suit brought by Fendi, the fancy couture and fashionable handbag outfit, because Fendi caught Wal-Mart selling counterfeit, bogus bags at Sam’s. Of course there was a huge discount involved, Sam’s being Sam’s, and counterfeit not being real. The settlement seems to have been fairly minimal, all things considered, …