This opinion piece in the Guardian by the former editor of the NYT pays tribute to the city of new orleans while mourning its fate. —————————- Mayor Ray Nagin interview transcript https://www.nola.com/hurricane/?/washingaway/Five part series that shows the knowledge of what was needed to be done to prevent just what has happened was there long before […]
Camp Casey to be set up outside Clinton & Schummer offices
A friend just sent me this email: Did you Know: On Wednesday morning, August 31, a coalition of Peace Groups, (Pax Christi, Suffolk Peace Network, etc.) including representatives from Code Pink LI, visited Senator Clinton & Senator Schummer’s offices at their Melville Long Island location, to demand that they retract their ‘war vote’, admit it […]
Cindy Sheehan in Austin (reprint of article)
A Mother’s ProtestBy Lindsay MathewsSpecial to The Star With signs ready to tout, hundreds of anti-war supporters welcomed Cindy Sheehan at the Capitol building in Austin at 5 p.m. yesterday to participate in a peace rally. Sheehan, who since the conception of Camp Casey located in Crawford, has quickly become the face of the antiwar […]
Katrina Resources
Times-Picayune’s Everything New Orleans — nola.com Those being looked forThose who are ok People offering a place to stay https://www.OpenYourHome.comThis is a site for people who want to offer homes to refugees. It show you how, and lists it securely. Message boards fromweather.comyou can access two extensive topics (at the moment they are at the […]
reprint of Waiting for a Leader
The New York TimesSeptember 1, 2005Waiting for a Leader George W. Bush gave one of the worst speeches of his life yesterday, especially given the level of national distress and the need for words of consolation and wisdom. In what seems to be a ritual in this administration, the president appeared a day later than […]
My anger conflicts with peace building
There has been an escalating war going on within me. I have a profound belief in the positive transformational potential of channeling effort, energy and thought into individual peaceful and constructive action. But there is anger growing within me that does battle with the belief in transformation. I want to be positive, but the obvious […]