Miami When you are on a losing streak, it shows and everyone knows, and that’s the story of Wal-Mart these days on many fronts. Several months ago the behemoth company was forced to pull up stakes in South Korea, and over the last week the news broke that Wal-Mart sold all of its stores in …
Author: wade
The New Normal
New Orleans Frequently in the city these days people will talk about the “new normal” in New Orleans. It is recognition that the city is not going to be what it was in the past, and some things seem normal now that might have been unusual or bizarre before the storm. Here are three examples …
Riding Hard
Los Angeles The reality of air travel and the amazing way that airports have become the “new bus stations” became starkly clear at 4:30 AM on Saturday morning. TSA opened the security lines and since I was flying Continental Elite, I was the 3rd person through the line and onto the concourse. Nothing was open. …