New Orleans There are some issues that are such minefields that good judgment and unusual restraint convince me that it’s best to keep any opinions personal and put a sock in it. The highly contentious questions about the condition of the state of Israel fall firmly in that camp. Unfortunately, in the same way that …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Bank Mortgage and Foreclosure Problems Won’t Go Away
New Orleans No matter how many billions banks pay to try to whitewash their devastatingly destructive behavior in milking home owner mortgages and turning homeowners every way but loose, they can’t make the mess go away. The stains and scandals are indelible and their refusal to change their culture or their standard operating practices guarantees …
MisLead Delivers a Chocolate Surprise
New Orleans It probably goes without saying that we’re a long way from Hollywood, but recently we got to watch a sneak preview of a rough cut of a documentary called MisLead, The Secret Epidemic being produced by the nonprofit Lead Safe America Foundation and its director, and filmmaker, Tamara Rubin, from Portland, Oregon. As …