New Orleans Yikes – every once in a while, we find out we are out there on our own in a wild world where the protection provided for fools and little children is sadly lacking. This summer after 18 months of negotiation, we acquired through donation and loans a fantastic mobile biodiesel rig on an 8 …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Stuck in Place: Who is Surprised at the Lack of Mobility?
New Orleans The lack of social mobility has finally gotten so bad that it seems even Republicans have noticed it. Horatio Alger and the “rags to riches” trajectory of the American dream are dead. The new narrative is best expressed as “rags to rags, and riches to riches.” According to a Jason DeParle piece …
Egyptian Misogynous and Brutal Military must be Stopped
New Orleans Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has this exactly right when she says the beating of bystanders, protestors, and women in Cairo’s Tafhir Square are “shocking.” Furthermore she added in a speech at Georgetown, “This systematic degradation of Egyptian women dishonors the revolution, disgraces the state and its uniform and is not worthy of …