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AUG 26 Sometimes you have to wonder what people are thinking. Here's a video from Elbert Guillory in which he invites the viewer to sit with him to talk about race (literally). To start the conversation, he acts out what he says are the various permutations of the n-word, to include the motivations of folks who still use it. Certainly, a black man starting a conversation about race using that word could be compelling. It could be - but it's not in this case. (It's the wig, probably)
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AUG 26 If you can take more coverage of the Katrina anniversary, this would be a good one to start with. It's a first-person essay in the New Yorker, written by a New York resident whose mother was displaced by the storm and remains so, as her brother is "babysitting ruins" where their childhood home used to stand. She captures very well what many feel about "unfinished business," as she names it.
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DREHER SHARES HIS DAD'S LAST DAYS
AUG 26 Blogger Rod Dreher writes here about his father, who is dying. It's a beautiful piece, although it's certain to have you reaching for the hanky.
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AUG 26 This post on the First Draft blog addresses the fatigue many are feeling (already) over anniversary pieces and posts. Likening it to a "flock of turkey buzzards," blogger Adrastos highlights the absurdities (the fact that the anniversary has its own logo, for instance) as well as the plethora of "disaster tourist journalists and carpetbaggers" who seem to plague the city.
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MAJOR 'STORM' COMING RIGHT FOR US
AUG 26 Neutral Ground News, NOLA's online satire publication, posts this one about a major you-know-what-storm headed for New Orleans as the 10th anniversary of Katrina approaches. The main danger? Massive hot air blowing from the national media. No kidding.
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AUG 26 Columnist Jeremy Alford says this fall's election season just morphed from quiet to weird. That's an interesting take, given that this is Louisiana and "weird" might not necessarily apply - since "weird" implies uncommon oddness. Our oddness is fairly common. Also, he seems thrown by the nickname of a state lege candidate - it's Biscuit. If that's the weirdest nickname you've heard from a Louisiana politician - you ain't paying attention.
Wednesday's Blogs from the Bog!
Elbert Guillory is at it again. And what's that on his head? Also today, some stories on Katrina fatigue and Alford thinks this election season is weird. Yeah - it's just this one, Jeremy. Just this one.