N.C. GOP delegates: Veep nominee Palin an “inspired choice”; Bush’s handling of Katrina: “Thou shalt not judge.” Originally published in Indy Week. WITH HURRICANE GUSTAV POISED TO HIT the Gulf Coast today, Sen. John McCain has announced that this week’s Republican National Convention would be a scaled-back affair without the usual troop-rousing speeches or over-the-top parties. […]
DNC Day 4: Watching Obama and Gustav
In Denver, Democratic leaders aren’t shy about reminding the nation of Bush’s aloof treatment of New Orleans while its residents were literally drowning. Originally published in Indy Week. TOMORROW MARKS THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall. By chilling coincidence, Hurricane Gustav is now barreling toward the Gulf Coast, and New Orleans is preparing for another […]
The Redemption of Chris Rose
Like his city and his newspaper, a survivor. Originally published in Columbia Journalism Review. ON A BREEZY SUNDAY MORNING in October 2006, residents of New Orleans—displaced, exhausted, wondering if they would live to see their city’s resurrection—woke to one of the most audacious acts of mass psychotherapy ever performed by an American newspaper. It took place under […]
Voices of Katrina
Listen to Part 1 Listen to Part 2 From AARP Prime Time Radio: “Two years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, AARP The Magazine sent investigative journalist Barry Yeoman to discover if any progress had been made in restoring the lives of older residents of the region. What he found was decidedly mixed. “Government […]
Katrina: The Untold Story
When the monster hurricane ravaged New Orleans, its older residents were hit hardest. Two years later, they are still fighting despair and searching for hope. Originally published in AARP The Magazine. SHORTLY BEFORE HURRICANE KATRINA tore its terrible path through the Gulf Coast, Shirley Thomas purchased a blue-green duplex where she planned to spend the rest of […]
LA Law
Will this family feud be the last of its kind? Originally published in NewsInc. IF THOMAS SHEARMAN HAD COME AND GONE in any other state in the nation, he could have divided up his publishing fortunes in any manner he saw fit without the certainty of a long legal battle after his death. But he died (in […]
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