The New Orleans city council just approved plans to demolish four huge public housing developments in the city. It was a difficult and controversial decision, but one that had to be made. The loudest protests (which you may have seen on your cable news channel of choice) came from organizations and individuals who don’t live here, who haven’t ( Read more... )

Oh, and Jerry Falwell just died. May he rest in peace.

“We do, doodley do, doodley do, doodley do,
What we must, muddily must, muddily must, muddily must;
Muddily do, muddily do, muddily do, muddily do,
Until we bust, bodily bust, bodily bust, bodily bust.”

RIP Kurt Vonnegut

I miss my signed Slaughterhouse Five even more now.