SPIKE LEE’S NEXT REQUIEM After visiting New Orleans for the first time in 2007, I bought my own DVD copy of “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts,” Spike Lee’s HBO documentary about the slow emergency and recovery response to the Katrina tragedy. The documentary was one of the few voices at the [...]
This is the live feed from BP of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. They’ve restarted the “top kill” process of shooting heavy drilling mud into the hole to essentially “plug it up.” The video source and ticker is from PBS’s Newshour. The live feed was ordered by the U.S. Government. What a [...]
President Obama will be making another trip to the Gulf tomorrow. But today, the President wanted to make clear who was in charge of the response effort. The American people should know that from the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort. As far as I’m concerned, [...]
From Alex at Servicemembers United. I met Alex at the “Ask Not” events for Community Cinema in 2009. Dear DADT Repeal Supporter, We wanted to share some exciting news with you before we even speak to the media about this new development. After relentless pressure, the White House and the Pentagon have finally changed their [...]
Yesterday, in a 9-5 vote, the Texas Board of Education has replaced the “Slave Trade” with the “Atlantic Triangular trade” for its textbooks and social studies standards over the next ten years. And the United States is no longer a “democracy” but a “constitutional republic.” Thomas Jefferson has nothing over John Calvin, a French theologian [...]
Folks on the Gulf Coast – and across America – are rightly demanding swift action to clean up BP’s mess and end this ordeal. Has the President assigned blame fro the oil spill disaster to BP? First and foremost, what led to this disaster was a breakdown of responsibility on the part of BP and [...]
JOSE ANDRES: NO MAS RIDGID RIDGEWELLS Star chef and restaurateur Jose Andres was in town this week with his next big thing – the giant paella pan. I believe the Jolly Green Giant size cooker made two public appearances in town this month — at the White House Farmers Market which is open for business [...]
Speaking of oil…. Every since I started this series on fried chicken, seems like everybody’s got a chicken story. In fact, we now have a new saying…”3 chicken bones of separation.” Or “Chicken Bones for the Finger Lickin’ Soul,” the potential title of an upcoming anthology. I’m almost serious. And I’m almost up to my [...]
This weekend, “60′s Minutes” featured a story on the explosion on BP’s Deepwater Horizon resulting in the horrific oil spill in the Gulf. Is the question “How do we plug up the hole?” or “How do we direct the spill back into our coffers?” Hold my earrings!!! Watch CBS News Videos Online Watch CBS News [...]
Years and years ago, I told the mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, (before she became a star) that I couldn’t sit through an opera performance. That I couldn’t listen to opera unless I was doing something at the same time…like frying chicken. Well, that’s what I’m doing today. I’m frying chicken. And I’m going to select a [...]
