New Orleans On ESPN’s Sportscenter during the seasons they have a feature called “Come on!” in which they feature unbelievable or bonehead plays. We need that in other fields of public life and politics. Reading about the efforts of banks like Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase along with the various trade associations to try …
Month: January 2011
Local Community News: AOL’s Patch
New Orleans I read the recent story in the Times about AOL’s $50M investment and grand hopes for Patch.com, a so-called hyper-local news source with wild interest. In these days of regular newspaper and TV news cutbacks what a great idea, especially for underserved communities: real community news! The “patch model” seems to be to …
Waste Land
New Orleans This had to be a hot ticket! Waste Land was an Audience Award Best Documentary (Waste Land Trailerat the prestigious 2010 Sundance Film Festival focusing on a powerful confluence of art and poverty and the lives of waste pickers in one of the world’s largest landfills, Jardim Gramacho, outside of the magical city …