Ron Carey and Teamster Reform New Orleans Steve Greenhouse, the Times labor reporter, wrote the obituary for Ron Carey’s passing at 72. According to Greenhouse, the news of Carey’s death had perhaps predictably come not from the Teamsters union that he headed for a while, but from Ken Paff, the longtime director of the …
Month: December 2008
Neighborhood Housing and Fear in Sicily
Neighborhood Housing and Fear in Sicily December 12, 2008 New Orleans Our old friend, Professor Ken Reardon, who had done so much with us in making a plan for rebuilding the 9th Ward in New Orleans with his students and faculty at Cornell, that it was good news that he was visiting again with another …
Not One of the Boys?
Not One of the Boys? New Orleans There are some things I understand, and some that just elude me. Maybe you get it and can help. Ok, I get it. Times are tough. We’re almost in a full-tilt depression. The real estate market is deader than a doornail, so of course Mrs. …