The Indomitable Spirit of Progress

As the very waters that have infused the splendid city of New Orleans with so much life throughout her storied history now threaten her very existence, I am reminded of another great American city that was utterly devastated nearly a century ago, not by water but by fire. On April 18, 1906, San Francisco, as...

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The good news of the day, The Houseman survived the destruction of New...

New Orleans

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Media Cleansing – The War As (NOT) Seen On TV

A day does not go by without claims of media bias coming from America’s left and the right. As a matter of fact there are full blown organizations dedicated to monitoring this so called bias around the clock. On the right we have the Media Research Center whose tagline reads: The Leader in Documenting,...

A Cyclonic Taste of Things to Come

As Hurricane Katrina — now a Category 5, the most powerful force on the planet — bears down on New Orleans, threatening the largest American city below sea-level with the cataclysmic flooding long feared, we cannot help but feel humbled by the awesome power of nature. The other night,...