On the 100th day after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the people of Grand Island are angry. At least, the two dozen who showed up to a meeting with the local BP representative on Thursday night are angry. Voices were raised, and one woman cried. “People are scared,” said Mayor David Camardelle. “They think BP is…
Daily Archives: August 1, 2010
Let’s Not Kiss This War Goodbye
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the day the New York Times published its first installment of the Pentagon Papers story on the Vietnam war, I was going on 13, living in the suburbs east of Birmingham, Alabama. About the only news I recall keeping up with in those days…
