New Orleans I swear there’s a shift suddenly in the recognition that poverty is a big freaking problem. Everywhere I turn in recent days commentators, columnists and reporters feel obligated to at least mention poverty and the poor either directly or euphemistically. In a cultural shift from recent decades, folks feel they should at least …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Hooray for Credo Challenging National Security Letters – Let’s Stand Behind Them!
New Orleans When I have to start with a disclaimer, you already know this is that kind of blog. I have NOT talked to Michael Kieschnick, the CEO of Credo, a telephone service with over 100,000 customers and database of millions of activists, who has created what may be the model for consistent, large scale …
Lifestyle: Small Footprint Sustainability
New Orleans Ok, you’re right. This is not a normal place to look for lifestyle tips. And, you’re thinking, hey, I was just in California, this will be some hippy-dippy baloney. Well, have it your way, but this was no hippy strategy but a small footprint sustainability system for living well on very limited income, …