Katrina

Lessons from Davos: Gates' Creative Capitalism can also Work at Home in the U.S.

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 01.28.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

What a truly amazing thing it is that we are finally thinking globally, and that true globalization is now understood also as acting locally.

Bush Will Be This Century's Herbert Hoover...Unless the Dems Select the Clintons

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics


Paul Abrams

After all the damage and all the carnage caused by the disastrous policies and arrogant belief system of George W. Bush and his cronies, the only saving grace is that he paves the way for a progressive revival.

Obama and the Grumpy Old Men

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.20.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Younger black activists and elected officials are unlikely to feel any loyalty to the Clintons, are engaged by a post-baby-boom candidate and feel more in sync with Obama on the issues.

Hurricanes -- Whither Thou Blowest

Ben Rosen | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics


Ben Rosen

When one is born and raised in New Orleans, the fear of hurricanes is never far away. And though I left the city after high school, the fear was cert...

The Road Home: Punishing the Self-Reliant

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

New Orleanians get no shortage of messages about self-reliance from other parts of the nation they thought they belonged to. So the Times-Picayune sends the message right back.

My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

New Orleans Protestors Vow To Keep Fighting

Associated Press | Cain Burdeau | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics


After violent clashes with police at City Hall, protesters vowed that the fight over a plan to demolish 218 public housing buildings for the poor was ...

If We Can Pursue Truth in Baseball, How about Truth Post-Katrina?

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


Stacy Parker Aab

The fact is, two years after the disaster, our shared understanding of the Katrina crises continues to be limited.

Urban Development or Depopulation? HUD's Christmas Plans for the New Orleans Projects

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

Where will the displaced poor live? No one seems to have answered that question, but they will not be in New Orleans.

The Republican Turnabout

Philip Slater | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Philip Slater

Republicans used to attack Democrats for always getting us into wars.

This Footage Is From When?

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.11.2007 | Media


Harry Shearer

One reason people know so little about the damage to New Orleans is that TV news has abandoned one of its few honorable journalistic rules.

Bill And Hillary's Experienced Lies

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

For years, many of us have been in awe of the Clintons, really in awe: a little scared and a little admiring. But the spell finally broke in the past couple of weeks.

The Gift of Home

Trevor Neilson | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


Trevor Neilson

Today something very exciting is happening in New Orleans: for $150,000, Brad Pitt and his team of world-class architects will build a new home for a family.

What Fumes?

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

Remember FEMA's pledge to test its trailers for formaldehyde fumes?

I Got A Lot of Lobbying To Do

Eric Malone | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics


Eric Malone

Trent Lott and Denny Hastert just resigned from Congress, but they're not going to Disneyland. According to Eric Malone, they have something more lucrative in mind.

Film Industry Keeps Big Easy Afloat

MarketWatch | Russ Britt | Posted 11.25.2007 | Business


Call it "the other LA." In addition to sharing the same abbreviation as the film industry's capital, the state of Louisiana is capturing more of the ...

Warn the Villagers, It's Thankenstein

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.21.2007 | Living


Karen Dalton-Beninato

The challenge of reflecting on two years of generosity from strangers after Hurricane Katrina is a thank you column that could fill the blogosphere and swallow Thanksgiving.

"There's That Stupid Negative Sign"

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.17.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

The new gates and levee repairs by the US Army Corps of Engineers are, it now appears, giving almost no additional protection.

Take the Long Road Home

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.17.2007 | Media


Harry Shearer

New Orleans' "Small Rental Property Program," has become a Kafkaesque nightmare, teasing people with the illusion of almost enough assistance to begin rebuilding, while, in fact, giving them nothing.

Is New Orleans Waiting for Godot?

Jed Horne | Posted 11.14.2007 | Entertainment


Jed Horne

A classic of 1950s absurdist theater set in a part of New Orleans that has become an emblem of Bush-era incompetence.

One Year Left. Looking to the Future...

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Mike Garibaldi-Frick

It's always darkest before the light. 2008-2009 might be the gloomiest years before the "Great Repair" begins.

Returning and Rebuilding

Harry Shearer | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

Superblocks may look nice on a clean slate, but the New Orleanians who ache to return want to come back to someplace that looks, and feels, like the city they have missed for so long.

Floods in Mexico: Not Exactly Over, Despite the News Cycle

Bob Harris | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics


Bob Harris

Electricity is still down in much of the state. Rotting corpses of animals are floating in the water. Cholera is on deck. Massive spraying will be necessary to prevent dengue and malaria.

If Only the Wildfires Were Fake, Too

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 11.06.2007 | Politics


Robert J. Elisberg

Why should anyone think there was "mal-intent" by FEMA in holding a fake press conference and passing it off as real? It was just Bush administration business as usual. That's not mal-intent. It's just intent.

Why Aren't We Better Prepared for Inevitable Disasters?

Donald Cohen | Posted 10.31.2007 | Politics


Donald Cohen

Will the recent fires in Southern California be a wake-up call about the nation's need to better prepare for what are misleadingly called "natural" disasters?