Month: May 2009

Levees Not War

04/05/2009

The following letter has been faxed and mailed to LSU Chancellor Mike Martin, with copies to engineering dean David Constant, vice chancellors Chuck Wilson, Brooks Keel, and Robert Twilley (“the O’Keefe gang”); Governor Bobby Jindal, senators Mary Landrieu and David Vitter; Garret Graves, Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities; and R. King Milling, Chairman, America’s Wetland … More Levees Not War

On Pity

03/05/2009

1. Katha Pollitt’s excellent article on battered women contains this sentence: That a woman might stay with her batterer because she pities him and wants to rescue him from his demons was a new insight for me. Actually, I have found that pity is the first step in the creation of any abusive relationship. As … More On Pity

Eve Ensler

02/05/2009

We now continue our May Day activities this really brilliant video with Eve Ensler. Watch it through to the very end and you will be truly glad. It comes from this very interesting site, TED.com — a bank of talks containing “ideas worth spreading.” Axé.

Clément Janequin

01/05/2009

I dedicate this May Day to the workers of course, to Janequin, to Flora, and to children. It is the weekend, and I am singing that our camping trip is tomorrow. I am  so excited, I can hardly wait! Axé.