Affairs have reached such a crisis that men living in an organized and civilized community, finding their laws fruitless and ineffective, are forced to protect themselves; when courts fail, the people must act! That’s from Who Killa Da Chief? in “Gumbo Ya-Ya.” It was part of a speech given to an angry mob after a [...]
Here we are at Day 40. It’s hard to even find new words to describe the utter frustration and disbelief of us down in the Gulf area, and hopefully throughout the United States, and maybe the world. Obama flew down yesterday. It was anti-climactic to say the least. I am never sure what people expect [...]
My mentor is retiring at the end of this week. He’s been with the Firm his entire 40-some-odd year career. I’ve been with him for 12 years. Before joining the Firm, I had no mentor; I was rudderless. He has all the qualities that make a sage mentor: steadfast, adroit, generous, exacting. His work habits [...]
“There’s nobody in charge who has any passion for doing the right thing.” 0 I Like This
Day 32. BP’s oil spill is a cancer we have all been watching. And each day IT. JUST. GETS. WORSE. My stress levels are out of control. I TRY not to get too consumed, not to read EVERY report, to skip a day of any coverage. But even what little I allow in is too [...]
Sun will be three years old in a couple of weeks. You may not remember when I first wrote about her birthmark, or when I followed up on her treatment when she was just over a year old. If you do remember, or if you are new to this story, here’s another installment. In October [...]
That question stops me in my tracks. It makes the blood in my veins turn to ice. It is the single most thing I have worried about, revisited, decided, started over, anon since Sun was born: Where will she attend grammar school? For over a year, the decision has been at a smallish Catholic school [...]