New Orleans All of the surveys indicate that regular folks…working people and even poor people are much more generous as personal philanthropists that the rich. The rich get the tax exemption and their names on the buildings, but basically the rest of us somehow enrich life itself for real people. A story in the Times …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Dancing in the Streets of New Orleans
New Orleans The fireworks starting going off during the last minute of play. It was clear. The impossible was now possible. Hell had frozen over. Snow was certain for July. The Saints had won the Super Bowl! Driving down the streets in the neighborhoods was hard. There was too much dancing in the streets. Second …
Rolling Back Bank Reform
New Orleans When I get really depressed and imagine that somehow the Republicans could come surging back in the White House and the Capitol, because of the inability of the Democrats to really produce, I am reminded that despite their efforts to hijack the Tea Party movement and other initiatives, they still fundamentally don’t get …