New Orleans Somehow in talking to returning Iraq veterans from time to time, I had completely missed an understanding what a “stop-loss” was. Watching Kimberly Peirce movie by that name drove the point home powerfully. A “stop-loss” refers to language in a soldier’s contract that allows the Army to prevent the soldier from mustering …
Category: Personal Writings
Subprime Candidate Investments
New Orleans I’m getting jaded. It had to happen sooner or later I suppose. I knew I was in trouble for my soul when I read the great Christopher Cooper’s piece in the Wall Street Journal about contributions from the sub-primes to Obama and Clinton and my first thought was that the contributions were …
Hizzoner Mike
New Orleans I have to give a lot of credit to New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his razor sharp aide for political affairs, Kevin Sheekey. They have definitely found one way after another to keep Mayor Mike from being seen as a lame duck. First, they trotted around the country hinting at an …