Hello readers. I want to take a minute and give you all my impressions of New Orleans, the city which I’ve called home for the past three years. First, you may be wondering why I came here; after all, I am a Yankee, born and raised in Massachusetts and educated in Connecticut. Well, there were [...]
Our media is so pervasive that sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go without it entirely. Even in remote Uzbekistan, I had shortwave radio and satellite TV. I am particularly interested in reading James Howard Kuntsler’s second book in the “World Made By Hand” series titled The Witch of Hebron. I long [...]
I’m in the middle of studying for finals, trying to get work this summer, and following what is shaping up to be one of the worst environmental disasters in the country. I came across this graphic (below) which was made by the local newspaper, the Times Picayune. Take a look at the numbers. Not only [...]
I watched a clip of Sarah Palin’s address to the tea partiers at Boston Common today and it just pushed me over the top. SP: Borrowing and spending and inventing these big new government programs with enormous price tags, it makes no sense. WD: $236B surplus in 2000… $600B deficit in 2008 SP: There is [...]
I was watching some YouTube videos about the housing crisis in Detroit and I noticed a recurring theme among commentators that the situation there resembled that of a third world country. I have spent some time in third world countries, and I think that the comparison could not be further off. While third world countries [...]
About New Orleans
Hello readers. I want to take a minute and give you all my impressions of New Orleans, the city which I’ve called home for the past three years. First, you may be wondering why I came here; after all, I am a Yankee, born and raised in Massachusetts and educated in Connecticut. Well, there were [...]