New Orleans Fox News Special Reports doing a documentary on voting rights would seem to some to be an oxymoron, while others would be certain that it would be me that was the moron for even being willing to sit down with these folks, but, hey, someone has to carry the weight and, frankly, the …
Month: February 2012
Remittances and a New World Bank President
New Orleans The president of the World Bank, one of the premier world credit and developmental financing institutions created at Breton Woods, serves a 5 year, renewable term, and is currently occupied by former USA Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, appointed by George W. Bush. Traditionally the post has been held by a US citizen because …
Civic Footprint
New Orleans Here’s an interesting idea worth some thought: creating and measuring a civic footprint. I had an interesting meeting on Saturday (www.mylifecity.com) about the “green footprint” of the coffeehouse, which involves everything from measuring carbon usage, utility utilization, composting, and whatnot. On Sunday at an all-baristas meeting at Fair Grinds , I listened to …