New Orleans It was wonderful to see a rare smile on the face of Evgenia Chirikova, our friend and ally, who has been the sparkplug of the feisty, though failing, effort to reroute the construction of a highway that would cut through the supposedly protected Khimki Forest. She has been named one of the grassroots …
Month: April 2012
The Paradoxes of Certification in Fair Trade & Social Responsibility
New Orleans The ineffective anarchy of FLO certification through the various national fair trade organizations (though not the USA, since ours has disaffiliated, further weakening the standards) is crumbling before my eyes based on their own inability to change and the constant assault by both major corporations on one hand, who assert that they can do …
Obama, Drugs, Indians, Frank Langella, Lauren Bacall, R. Crumb, Walmart, and Joplin
New Orleans In this week’s continuing experiment with new forms and focus “under the headlines” for the daily blog, here’s more: Jackie Calmas in the New York Times on a meeting expected between Columbian President Juan Manuel Santos and Obama: “they are expected to force a discussion Mr. Obama is not eager for in an …