New Orleans The HBO show Treme is gearing up for another go in their efforts to Disneyland New Orleans as a constant musical carnival and cultural minstrel show. In the past I’ve had mixed feelings about David Simon’s show and the fact that though he means terribly well, but is missing the heartbeat and essence …
Month: July 2012
How Can We Afford a Lame Duck Treasury Secretary?
New Orleans Yes, I understand the politics and for reasons that are easy to guess but terrible to live through, President Obama at this late date can’t push his disastrous failure of a Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner to the curb despite the fact that he is owned from head to toe by Wall Street, wears …
Cultural Shift: The Media Suddenly Rediscovers Poverty
New Orleans I swear there’s a shift suddenly in the recognition that poverty is a big freaking problem. Everywhere I turn in recent days commentators, columnists and reporters feel obligated to at least mention poverty and the poor either directly or euphemistically. In a cultural shift from recent decades, folks feel they should at least …