Disaster

Crisis = Disaster + Opportunity: Yin And Yang, And What China Knows About The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 11.17.2008 | Business


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

This lack of balance is why we need more women involved in leading the world's economy. There is simply too much of a male-focused approach and it is not working!

Preventing the Next Privacy Disaster

Leslie Harris | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics


Leslie Harris

The next president steps into a landscape where the capacity to collect, store and exchange sensitive personal information has outgrown the legal framework that protects that information.

South Texas: Election Last Thing on Anyone's Mind After Hurricane Ike

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home


Georgianne Nienaber

Gas prices had been dropping daily due to the worldwide market crash, but for the people in south Texas, financial devastation was already old news. Was she worried about the election? No comment was offered--just a quizzical look.

Controlling Chaotic Situations: Call out the Army

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

How can we take back America and make it better if we are continuously undermined by chaos? Or perhaps that is precisely the point...

All But Ignored: Gustav Deals Major Blow to Baton Rouge and Indian Tribes in South Louisiana

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.06.2008 | Media


Georgianne Nienaber

Local radio coverage is "pathetic," Wirt said in frustration, urging citizens journalists to try to make contact with the Terrebonne Indian tribe "who did not dodge a bullet."

Gustav and Wild Turkey: New Orleans Hurricane Update by My Friend Jim Gabour

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 08.30.2008 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

"It has been three years and a day since Katrina violated this city. We are not yet safe, and the world has tired of our story."

Catastrophe to Celebration

A. Siegel | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics


A. Siegel

Not everything is the Bush White House's fault. Not everything. In this case, not fully their fault, but this contrast is too striking to go with...

Helping Burma for Mother's Day

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living


Dennis Whittle

A friend writes from Burma: This is the worst disaster I have ever been in. The situation in Yangon is growing more desperate everyday as there is no...

Helping Burma for Mother's Day

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living


Dennis Whittle

A friend writes from Burma: This is the worst disaster I have ever been in. The situation in Yangon is growing more desperate everyday as there is no...

On Killer Molasses

Dave Hill | Posted 04.11.2008 | Living


Dave Hill

I find it's hard to stay mad at a confectionery of any sort for very long, but on one infamous day in 1919 the people of Boston added molasses to their collective sh*tlist for a long time to come and with good reason.