WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
Heerlen There are many columns in the Times and of course other papers that I frankly refuse to read anymore. Nicholas Kristof and Thomas Friedman are maddening examples. I would rather read the conservative columnists without pretense, rather than these apologists for neoliberalism, self-delusion, and general whining. One column that I have read more …
Atlanta Our daily paper in New Orleans gets thinner and thinner. In the latest reduction, the formerly four sections have now been combined into two sections. Metro is just another flip of the page from the front, and the Living section finds its way around Sports. It may be skinny and offer little but …
Marble Falls Vacation is a good time to try and do some reading. I don’t say catch-up with my reading, because there’s no such thing. We’re always reading. There’s always more to read. Reading almost defines the Sisyphean project of constantly pushing up the hill and never getting there. I’m actually good with that. It’s the journey more than the destination that …