Monthly Archives: November 2008

What We are About to Receive

11/27/2008 – 11:22 am

Happy Thanksgiving. Today is the day for which gratitude was made. I don’t mean that in a traditional sense, in that the last Thursday of November has rolled around. I mean that in the sense that this day, the 27th of November 2008, is a day for which gratitude was made. There are several reasons […]

By floegel | Posted in Commentary, Economy | Comments (0)

Where Things Used to Be

11/20/2008 – 11:35 am

I’ve been driving around southern Louisiana this week. It’s my first visit in three years, since I was here in the weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Life has changed here. I’m not sure if Louisianans live in the future while the rest of us live in the present or if they live in the present while […]

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The Fightin’ Fifth!

11/6/2008 – 10:01 am

I spent 13 hours at my local polling place Tuesday. No, it didn’t take that long to vote. I volunteered to help out for a few hours, but the crowd was so big that I stayed for a few more and then a few more after that. Since I was the newbie on the poll […]

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