New Orleans Almost a decade ago, the first reaction after Hurricane Katrina veered slightly to the east of New Orleans was that the city had been spared. We had ducked the bullet somehow. Wind and rain were everywhere, trees were falling, the storm was powerful and vicious, but we would be ok. By the next …
The Routinization of Charisma
New Orleans Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at the funeral. Al Sharpton says he’s on his way to visit. The Mayor, an African-American woman commented about herself, the newly elected prosecutor for Baltimore, also an African-American woman, and the newly confirmed first-ever African-American Attorney-General in the United States, that in so many words if we can’t …
Exploration, Space, Manufactured Homes, and Prison
New Orleans Language is interesting as a key to understanding obviously. I found myself thinking about that in looking at the way some unions and NGO’s refer to their ventures away from their home countries as “missions.” I was uneasy at the notion. I’ve always referred to such visits as explorations, which seems better, but …