New Orleans My father, as longtime readers recall, would often greet me when I would return from an international trip, with the challenge to tell him “stories” that he “would want to hear.” Though he died just short of five years ago, I still find myself making mental notes as I travel, of the kinds …
Month: May 2013
Hating Breitbart: The Movie
New Orleans Andrew Breitbart was the face and force behind a number of high traffic websites during his career, ended suddenly with a fatal heart attack more than a year ago. He played a role in helping set up the liberal Huffington Post, but at his death was best known for his “big” sites, especially …
Hitting the Doors in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Jon Black of the Edinburgh Private Tenant Action Group (EPTAG) had done a nifty bit of research to figure out where the giant cooperative ScotMid owned apartments that they were renting. He figured that the 100-year old coop had regularly owned the flats above where they had their small grocery stores, so he …