Category Archives: katrina

New Orleans Jazz Funeral: It will be later before I blog anything from New Orleans where my son and I are visiting for a couple of days. A few minutes ago, we chanced upon a jazz funeral procession that was … Continue reading →

Observation: The key to great politician speeches — no politics: I sat through lots of speeches today at the NFIB Small-Business Summit. (I’ve posted short items on several of them over at MyBusinessmag.com.) One speech I heard today is perhaps … Continue reading →

The T-P wins a Pulitzer: Jeff Jarvis has always been nice to credit me with my early and continuous urging of the powers-that-be to award a Pulitzer Prize to the Times Picayune’s online efforts after Katrina. Jeff’s bully pulpit is … Continue reading →

Small business Katrina help — from Yahoo!: This has much mojo. Yahoo! employees from around the country will be in New Orleans this Friday to help small businesses get online. Small businesses in the area will be eligible for up … Continue reading →

My thoughts after spending time volunteering on the Mississippi gulf coast: Last week, my 15-year-old son and I spent a couple days doing some volunteer construction work on the Mississippi Gulf coast in Pass Christian, near Gulfport. I posted a … Continue reading →