As if Arafat and Sharon’s passing weren’t enough to shake up the game pieces in the Middle East, certainly the apparent landslide victory by Hamas should do it.
The situation is fascinating, but only because I’m sitting safely in my house, far removed from local events there. I’m not nearly as optimistic as… say… Time magazine’s […]
This is a problem that is near and dear to my heart:
The idea of flexible work arrangements isn’t new — it was a hot concept a decade or more ago as companies were eager to encourage working mothers to stay at work by instituting work-life balance programs. But the mayor hopes to make it popular […]
Polimom needs a bit of assistance, because while I’m typically able to see both sides of an equation, I’m lost this time.
White House accused of gag order
Katrina questions hit brick wall, officials say
Can someone who supports the current Bush administration help me get this? I tried hard this morning to find a view from the […]
I’ve been curious about the crime on my side of Houston (the far west), and whether we’ve been having problems I’m not hearing about - so earlier this week, I went out and about to talk to several apartment complex managers. Found an interesting little tidbit:
Every manager I spoke with said they screen all potential […]
Well now. This is starting to look pretty bad, overall:
In a severe blow to state and local plans for rebuilding hurricane-devastated areas, the Bush administration Tuesday came out against a homeowner bailout proposal that many in Louisiana saw as the key to economic recovery and the rebirth of a redesigned New Orleans.
Is that it? Bye-bye […]
This just TICKS ME OFF!
Everybody knew that if New Orleans took a direct hit from a major hurricane, there was enormous risk to the levees – and thus the city.
So who’s everybody?
The people in New Orleans knew. In the back of everyone’s mind was always that little niggling voice. Time, and many “near-misses” allowed for […]
Polimom is a firm believer in personal responsibility and accountability. It’s probably what makes the political positions on this blog occasionally difficult to pinpoint… because it’s hard to take a purely liberal, social-consciousness approach when one holds firmly to this core value.
One can only ask so much from a government, whether federal or local, and […]
Da Po’ Boy said something in his blog yesterday that struck me as important:
People in Southeastern Louisiana have to be smart. If the government says, “We will no longer protect you,� then we can’t rebuild in the same places. However, the government *can* protect us. They just won’t.
I think he’s right; the protection can happen. […]
This article, KATRINA: DOT Audit Probes Katrina Evacuation Fiasco landed in my inbox last night, and its implications are disturbing:
The U.S. Department of Transportation may hold the key to one of the biggest unanswered questions from Hurricane Katrina:
Why did it take nearly a week for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to mobilize private buses […]