St Petersburg The romance has been gone from flying for quite some time, but in the current fuel crises, the ridiculous has become the absurd as schedules worsen and costs accelerate. Earlier this week I took what once was a relatively painless hop to Chicago on direct flights from New Orleans up and back …
Month: July 2008
Get Justice, Lawyers
St. Petersburg The Inspector General of the US Justice Department issued a report after a lengthy (and doubtlessly dilatory) investigation indicating that there was severe misconduct and violation of federal Civil Service laws in the hiring process for protected, non-political positions. The misconduct ran from implicit, and unwarranted, involvement at the White House down …
Tambourine and Fan
New Orleans Bleary eyed from an 18-hour trip to Chicago, I opened the Times-Picayune early and glancing at the Metro section saw that a conservative, Republican-leaning, New Orleans City Councilwoman was trying to cut off funding to someone because of what she was saying was a “racist threat.” Something like that attracts the …