New Orleans My mother is from Sunflower County, Mississippi. They raise a lot of cotton and soybeans around there and once upon a time a ton of mischief, but one other thing they seem to specialize in is manners. We were force fed manners from birth and even as you get sloppy about it, the …
Category: Personal Writings
Convalescence Not Recovery
New Orleans Moving into August, the “Katrina” month, in New Orleans forces a renewed reckoning with the status of the city’s comeback. Wildly spinning stories this week expressed surprise with the robustness of the “recovery.” The city’s population has now reached 76%+ of the pre-storm number putting us over 350,000 and rising. Observers were shocked, …
Progressive Are Restless
Houston Working the Citizen Wealth has been fascinating for me in both New Orleans and Houston for lots of reasons, but especially as a “listening post” when the discussion moves to the question part of the agenda whether at the events or on the radio shows. One theme has emerged more than any other: progressives …