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...Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy E. Roemer '64 heads the list of six fellows named by the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics (IOP) for the spring term...
...chronicled the building of great structures that came to symbolize far more than stone and steel. What stands out most in The Civil War is the men -- Lee, Sherman, Lincoln -- who shaped events by the force of their vision and eloquence. In Huey Long, his marvelous portrait of the Louisiana demagogue, Burns seems attracted as much as repelled by his subject: the amassing of power can be a creative...
Buddy Roemer, who lost the governor's race in Louisiana, but who isn't David Duke, recently accepted his invitation to be a fellow at the Kennedy School. The Institute of Politics only offered a speaking engagement to Duke. The former white hooder will get a nice honorarium for his repugnant propaganda, but no steady paycheck...
...other water is there on top of it," observes Fred Liscum, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. Levees built to protect towns can also restrict river flow, which in turn can force the waterway to crest and wash out the barriers on either bank. Says Robert Cox, Louisiana floodplain administrator: "You don't get rid of the water; you just pass it on downstream to the next...
...there we were again last month, with the economy every bit as gloomy -- except that rather than having to invade anyone to lift our spirits (top choice: Louisiana), we may have accomplished much the same thing through the efforts of the Federal Reserve. When the Fed cut the discount rate a full point, to 3 1/2%, it was like pounding an economy in cardiac arrest. Suddenly, its little eyelids began to flutter, its stock market leaped out of bed, and people began to realize this might be one darn good time to go buy a house, at least in some...