New Orleans I always ran track, but in my small New Orleans high school there was no locker room culture there, because mainly you ran alone, putting on your spikes or sneakers to run on the Mississippi River levee or try to glide over the hurdles in the teeny backyard of the school. Playing football in …
Month: February 2014
Euphemisms and Rationalizations are No Substitute for School Board Elections
New Orleans Years ago New Orleans and many parts of Louisiana were referred to by various observers as “banana republics,” meaning corrupt empires run by demagogues, contemptuous of their citizens and normal democratic process. Some would argue those were just the days of Huey Long, Leander Perez, and their ilk, bigger and badder than life. …
Comcast-Time Warner Merger Must be Stopped!
New Orleans Comcast has announced a $45 billion and change merger to acquire Times Warner Cable in a ruthless effort to consolidate the cable industry. They would put their leading 21.6 million customers with Times Warner’s 11.4 customers. They claim this is not an anti-trust problem because they don’t overlap with Times Warner in any zipcode …