Foreign Aid
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006The University where I work is finally getting some financial aid — not from the United States, but from Qatar. I’m certainly glad for the help, but I can’t believe it’s come to this.
Archive for May, 2006
Misery Tour
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006Mike Leonard and his lovely wife Mardi were in New Orleans for Jazz Fest. On Monday, I took them on the mandatory misery tour. We drove through Lakeview, then stopped at the London Avenue Canal breach and examined the work under way.
Then we headed down to the Lower Ninth Ward.
I’m sorry to say it’s not [...]
Saint Bush
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006People in New Orleans are getting excited about Bush. No, not George W. Bush — Reggie Bush. He’s some sort of new football guy for the Saints that people are hailing as the team’s savior, even the city’s savior. It is surely the height of foolishness for me to opine on a subject of which [...]
Day Without Immigrants
Monday, May 1st, 2006This “Day Without Immigrants” is a risky gambit. It will surely alienate many Americans. But I love to see the little guy flexing his muscles and sticking it to The Man — even if The Man is, by extension, me.
