New Orleans Andrew Breitbart’s career speaks loudly to the ongoing American phenomena of the winking carnie barker, P. T. Barnum huckster who always had something to sell and could find the suckers that would buy it. Breitbart’s passionate mission to destroy “progressive institutions” was clearly stated and there were plenty of rubes in cities large …
Tag: Occupy Movement
Bringing Down Occupy NOLA
New Orleans Front page headlines in the Times-Picayune had trumpeted the curious court battle around the removal of Occupy NOLA from Duncan Plaza across from City Hall to parts unknown. Mayor Mitch Landrieu had summarily pulled up the encampment only to have his hands slapped by a federal court judge ruling it was illegal and …
Military Schools Trump Charters in a Vote for Equity and Anti-Racism
New Orleans News flash from the military of all places! If you create a level of equity and seek to eliminate racism in the classroom, results will shine, and you will out public schools. If you try to teach and actually educate children, rather than “teaching to the test,” their reading and other scores on …