New Orleans What often goes unsaid when the right pontificates and proselytizes about the wondrous benefits of privatization or public-private so-called “partnerships,” is the how much this is all simply a rationalization for personal ambition and the need to raise huge campaign contributions to fuel that fire. We see this now, painfully and almost daily, …
Category: DC Politics
Keystone XL Pipeline Forces Sierra Club Change in Tactics
New Orleans Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club and formerly of the Rainforest Action Network, along with the president of the Club and 46 other people, including some known names, were arrested last week in front the White House in a demonstration opposing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar …
Finding and Losing Voice: Jesse, Jr., Marty Peretz, Ashley Judd
New Orleans Jesse Jackson, Jr, 47 years old and recently re-elected and now former Chicago Congressman and of course the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson, well-known civil rights leader over the last 50 years, conceding guilt to misappropriation of campaign funds said: “While my journey is not complete, it is my hope that I am …