Month: December 2006

James Brown Has Died

James Brown passed away this morning. “He was dramatic to the end, dying on Christmas Day,” said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a friend of Brown’s since 1955. “Almost a dramatic, poetic moment. He’ll be...

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On This Christmas Day..

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Thinking About New Orleans at Xmas

Sometimes it takes Fred Johnson, accompanied by New Orleans’ own Hot 8 Brass Band, to encapsulate exactly what one thinks about the snail slow pace of recovery post-Katrina, especially during this phony `lull’ before...

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