Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on…
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Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on…
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. — Otto von Bismarck I had the chance to observe a bit…
The mayor came to our campus yesterday.
A few weeks back I had a bit of an educational experience. I can’t get into specifics, but I’m wondering if I might be able…
Despite the fact that this event was promoted primarily through a social network site, and despite the fact that I’m supposedly “into” that sort of…
Many people around the city are familiar with Grace Episcopal Church on Canal Street, as many community meetings are held there. Mid-City Neighborhood Organization meets…
Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out for the protest yesterday, so many I couldn’t fit them all even in this wide panoramic shot.…
I haven’t been to a protest for a while. Think I’ll make this one. BP Oil Flood Protest Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:00pm – 7:30pm…
I was recently contacted by a college student at a certain large Midwestern state-sponsored university. It seems he was enrolled in a revolutionary film studies…
Photo by Derek Bridges As I am writing this the very last minutes of the Nagin administration are ticking away. I for one am relieved.…
We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat. — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal,…
I got this update from Baty Landis via e-mail. She’s on the task force assigned by the incoming mayor to find a new police chief. I respect Baty’s efforts on this front; she is made of sterner stuff than I. What she reports is cause for concern for all New Orleanians.
Since I don’t seem to have anything interesting to say, I thought I’d just link to Oyster’s brilliant short essay on why we need to…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derek_b/ / CC BY 2.0 This passage in a news story caught my eye. Mary Rickard for Reuters: Along with a championship team, New Orleans…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/therefore/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Yes, that’s right, New Orleans is having an election tomorrow, right in the midst of Superbowl mania and Carnival madness.…
If I haven’t written here as much lately, perhaps it’s because I feel constrained from public discussion of many of the topics which are currently…
The results of last week’s venous blood test came back Friday, indicating our daughter now has 6.6 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. That’s…
President Obama is visiting New Orleans today, so here’s a mix (warning: some dirty lyrics). Presidential from editor_b on 8tracks Radio. This is a silly…
Just got this via e-mail. Here’s an opportunity for some New Orleanians to go to Washington DC in support of the Gulf Coast Civic Works…