New Orleans Every once in a blue moon there is a piercing needle that bursts the bubble of hucksterism, no matter how well-intentioned, and brings its wild claims based on hope and hustle down to the hard ground of reality. In this case, the sound of the pop is louder because the sharp points are …
Category: Ideas and Issues
A Racial Justice Movement is Here Now!
New Orleans There was Ferguson and protests erupted around similar outrages, and the notion of a building movement seemed local and directed mainly at police practices and profiling. The President picked up the challenge and looked at decriminalizing some drug beefs and taking steps for early release in Federal prison facilities. Black Lives Matter seemed …
On the Scene Report on the Myanmar Election
New Orleans Today I’m sharing an on-the-ground report of the Election Day excitement from Yangon, Myanmar of the first democratically conducted election in more than twenty-five years. The report is from Mike Orders, a recently retired business representative from the British Columbia Government Employees Union in Vancouver, who served as an election observer there in …