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Let the Advent Season begin

November 26, 2010 — Leave a comment
Jonathan and Laurie Christmas 2006

Jonathan and Laurie Christmas 2006 (our first Christmas together)

Forget the huge sales, the Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day trends… this is what kicks the Advent season off for me…

Trombone Shorty and other musicians from New Orleans perform O’ Holy Night on Studio 60:

(download a copy here)

Truly He taught us to love one another,
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
With all our hearts we praise His holy name.
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever praise we,
His power and glory ever more proclaim!
His power and glory ever more proclaim!

Find out more about Trombone Shorty on his website.

What is the official start of the Advent Season for you?

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Why telling your story matters

January 27, 2010 — Leave a comment

NPR shared a memorial about Donald Bordelon Monday morning. A man reporters met while covering the tragedy in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
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Local columnist on the I-35W bridge collapse

August 3, 2007 — Leave a comment

A local columnist, Nathalie Guyol, had this to say about the I-35W bridge collapse.:

This week President Bush offered his condolences and prayers to victims of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. He assured the citizens of that city that the federal government would see that the bridge is rebuilt as soon as possible.
“We in the federal government must respond, and respond robustly, to help the people there not only recover, but to make sure that lifeline of activity — that bridge — gets rebuilt as quickly as possible,” he said.

Meanwhile, back in New Orleans . . .

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Blame the looters… not the race.

September 2, 2005 — 1 Comment

Steve Blow hits the nail on the head again…

Those looters are really disgusting, aren’t they? And I don’t know about you, but they are stirring some ugly racial attitudes in me.
Yeah, right or wrong, I can’t help thinking that white oil executives are a pretty savage bunch.

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