New Orleans To the degree that many so-called educational “reformers” like to tout New Orleans and the post-Katrina usurpation of much of the school system through federal money bribes and legislative do-overs as a model, it is worth seeing how the tendency to no accountability and educational autocracy continues unabated. The original executive orders that …
Category: Rebuild New Orleans
Short Takes on the 1% and Other Weirdness in the Small World
New Orleans As we fight to regain population in the wake of Katrina and so many other demographic struggles over the last half-century, New Orleans in the NBA/NFL world is a “small market city,” which means we often find that we are living in a very small world. I thought of this recently while hanging …
Grease Wars!
New Orleans Yikes – every once in a while, we find out we are out there on our own in a wild world where the protection provided for fools and little children is sadly lacking. This summer after 18 months of negotiation, we acquired through donation and loans a fantastic mobile biodiesel rig on an 8 …