New Orleans Let’s spend a minute looking for some silver lining in the dark clouds that have arisen from the horror of Charlottesville before moving to the harder questions. Cities have sprung into action in Nashville, Jacksonville (Florida), Annapolis (Maryland), and Lexington (Kentucky) to move forward on removing controversial Confederate statuary. In Durham, North Carolina, …
Month: August 2017
White Supremacists Shall Not Rise Again
New Orleans What kind of social media dog whistle sent out the call? What made the white supremacists and various groups of the alt-right think that somehow Charlottesville, Virginia was the place to make their play? Was this an effort to make a stand or take a big step up in enemy territory? Charlottesville is …
Out Here in the Middle
New Orleans Eventually no matter how much work you do on vacation, the clock on vacation itself winds down, and real life, real work comes crashing through the different days and unique ordering of experiences and tasks we assign to our so-called “free time.” The big task of my own vacation this year was a …