Ottawa There are some times when it seems there is nothing one can really say that seems right exactly, and the sudden, terrible and hard fall of former Senator, Vice-Presidential candidate, and more recently Presidential candidate, John Edwards, seems just such a situation. Walking through the building in the few days I was in …
Category: Personal Writings
Gutting Graft
New Orleans A lot of big hooey in the New Orleans and New York papers about the home gutting “scandal” administered by NOAH — New Orleans Affordable Housing — and its director along with their connections to the Mayor, his relatives, and the lining of their own pockets. The essence of the “scandal” in …
Tesco Backdoors Indian Retail
New Orleans The India FDI Watch Campaign, a project supported by ACORN International, said it all in a recent bulletin when it juxtaposed two articles a year apart. In one case Tesco, the giant UK retailer, scoffed at the Wal-Mart backdoor entry into India as a partner with Bharti, as “illegal.” In the piece …