New Orleans The cynicism that surrounds the claims of cable companies and the FCC around lowering the “digital divide” continues to move from cloudy skies to deepest fog with absolutely no action from the FCC to solve the problem, enforce its own order, or prevent embarrassment from its own prior, public announcements. The FCC has …
Month: May 2012
Shell-Shocked, Black Youth, Guns, Death, Police, and Juries in New Orleans
New Orleans Follow me on where I’m going with this. In the smaller-footprint, post-Katrina New Orleans, I do my citizen’s duty and am part of the jury pool every two years, and this May is my month to report for service. Yesterday in the pool as part of voir dire, I was asked, along with …
Facebook Whining that the Fix Was Not In
New Orleans Yes, I use Facebook, and as a tool for work and communication, I have found Facebook to have value. Ease of use and access, make it a useful means for people to slip a note over the electronic transom, find you, and move forward. Facebook doesn’t make revolutions, change the world, or anything …