New Orleans When William Kristol of the intellectual right, Weekly Standard, is coming to your defense against Glenn Beck of Fox and other platforms, it would be a mistake to believe that everything is “right with the world,” since it is more likely the equivalent of a no-punches-thrown schoolyard shouting match. But, sure enough in …
Month: March 2011
“The Greatest Mardi Gras Illusion: The Happiness of the Poor”
March 8, 2011 In the Bywater – New Orleans Cheyenne, my old, arthritic Australian cattle dog, needed walking so we jumped out on the street early in a light, warm drizzle hoping to beat the crowds moving towards parades in a couple of hours. No such luck. Within a block from the house we ran …
Sustainable Apparel Coalition Smell Test
New Orleans Last week something called the Sustainable Apparel Coalition was announced widely in the papers. The idea wasn’t bad: “environment and social impacts” of their products. The statement of the chair of the outfit from Patagonia said: “The largest and most influential corporations in apparel and footwear together with leading environmental and social organizations …