espresso sarcasm has some other “bold moves” by new orleans mayor ray nagin. good stuff.

in the food for thought category, there is a post about the beat generation and its relationship to current events today from avatar briefs. it includes excerpts from howl, an allan ginsberg poem. it’s a rather dark poem, in my opinion anyway, but the analysis here is right on target.

the wide awakes posts in Acts of God about our expectations of the government in the case of natural disasters.

read. think. enjoy.