Louisiana
This Weekend: Obama's Advantages, Hillary's Big Chance in Maine
Four states will hold Democratic nominating contests this weekend. Overall, Barack Obama has the clear advantage in most of them, but Hillary Clinton’s campaign would dearly like to avoid a sweep—and has been working overtime to pull out a face-saving win in one state in particular.
Here’s what it looks like:
Saturday
Louisiana primary:
Even after Katrina, which may have reduced the overall influence of black voters in this state, Barack Obama is in a strong position here. read more »
At Thomas Jefferson’s Seder
The Gang That Couldn't Talk Straight
The Gang That Couldn't Talk Straight
Even Sean Penn Can’t Save King’s
Even Sean Penn Can't Save King's
Security Pork Revisited
The latest round were announced yesterday and, yes, Mumford is a big winner.
Post-Katrina, homeland security is obviously getting a lot of re-thinking. And grants to first responders sound all the more virtuous.
When you think about it, though, the thin, even layer of security spending spread across America looks even worse now. New Orleans, remember, was seen as being among the handful of places at the very highest risk of a catastrophe, because of its levee system. But Louisiana, like upstate New York, like Wyoming, only got its fair share of security money, and the upgrades of the levees proceeded, as has been painfully detailed, at a lesiurely pace. read more »
So it still seems fair to wonder whether the $176,576 that Hillary has proudly dispatched to Stillwater reflects the best possible use of federal security money.Dining With Moira Hodgson
Dining out with Moira Hodgson
When Work Is Life, And Life Is Work
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Artist's Studio Turned Bistro: La Coupole in the Village
Enough With the Coffee
Chef Brennan's Picholine Achieves (Pricy) Pinnacle
