BROKEN WINDOWSChicago. New Orleans. Mexico. And now, Afghanistan.When it started to sink in...- August 29, 2006 What a very sad day New Orleans was always a city of contradiction to me -- beautiful and heartbreaking; unbelievably kind and loving though callous and heartless too. Mardi Gras seemed to gather and collapse these contradictions into a compact two weeks: millions spent on plastic beads and curios made thousands of miles away from the city (bought by the city's wealthiest few to throw down to the city's most) and an outlandish celebration of the love of life by everyone,...http://blogs.salon.com/0002967/2006/08/29.html#a562 |