New Orleans Clark Hoyt, the Public Editor of the august New York Times weighed in on the conservative blogosphere obsession with ACORN in Sunday’s paper after what he called several weeks of investigation. He was trying to figure out whether or not the editors of the Times killed a Stephanie Strom attack piece as the …
Category: Personal Writings
More Email Malfunctions
New Orleans. There was the Detroit Mayor and now it seems we will have the New Orleans City Council simply unable to exercise good judgment once their hands grab the keys to send an email or tap out a text or blackberry message. Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial (and now head of the National …
Cheerios and Choate
New Orleans The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) slapped around General Mills and its Cherrios’ cereal for making inflated health claims about reducing cholesterol, making those little “o’s” something more like a drug than food. Ironically, this news hit at the same time as the stories on the passing of Robert Choate, the consumer food advocate …