The Richer and The Poorer

by Tammy Hart Strained by recession, war, and our recent natural disasters, Americans are struggling with many worries including how to correct our current situation with the growing disparity between the rich and the poor. Experts debate about the whether or not...

Playing Jazz on the Levee

by Terry L. “Skip” Nagelvoort We listened as they went around the room reporting on the decimation and post Katrina problems of health care, housing, dealing with the “feds” and myriad other topics critical to life in New Orleans; none of these...

The People are the Future

by Pete Julius For the past several years, this country has witnessed many U.S.-based corporations laying off domestic employees in order to establish more cost-efficient operations in a foreign country. It does not matter where these operations are going because this...

Building a Structure at Home

by Tammy Hart Not long ago I found myself overwhelmed, with not enough time in a day to accomplish all the things that I needed to get done. As much as I ran around doing laundry and dishes, there was never an end to them. I realized something had to give and...

The New New Orleans – High Ground

by Dean Whittaker At the risk of exposing you to “Katrina Fatigue” (being told about the devastation precipitated by one of the most destructive hurricanes in our history), I would like to share with you an experience that I had while volunteering for a...