It was an unimaginable storm, obliterating entire GulfCoast communities, destroying much of a beautiful American city, and exposing for all the world the nation’s divisions of race and class and income. Yesterday, the anniversary of Katrina’s assault, the New Orleans Times-Picayune recounted some of the horror. A family — including an elderly woman with Parkinson’s […]
Hurricane Katrina
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The XX Files 10.12.05
It wasn’t until I heard the cup clatter on the street behind us that I realized the panhandler had thrown his coffee. I whipped around and saw the jumbo plastic travel mug bounce up, splash coffee toward us, and hit the ground again, the lid rolling away. My first thought was: it’s a good thing […]
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The XX Files 9.14.05
Let’s blame the mothers, okay? It’s all their fault. It always has been. Eve got busy with that apple and caused a world of misery. Pandora, ditto, except with a box. Freud’s archetypal mother, complete with her rejecting womb and withholding boobs, caused all our quirks and peccadilloes. Today we’ll start with Mother Nature. Mother […]
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Reader Feedback 9.14.05
Gannett and the Guild, Katrina’s aftermath, pot truth
