Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lessons For Occupy D.C.
As per the Washington standard, at the center of McPherson Square, just four blocks from the White House, is a bronze equestrian statue of a Union general who was killed in the battle for Atlanta. On Thursday and Friday, Occupy D.C. was contained to the quadrant northwest of the statue, with a pop-up city of a couple dozen tents and propped-up tarps on one grassy strip, facing a disorganized but useful-looking canteen and information booth. READ MORE
Scenes From An American Oil Spill
A few weeks ago, I was on a boat in Barataria Bay off Louisiana's Grand Isle, touring mangrove islands encircled by orange and white booms. The mangroves brimmed with roosting pelicans with their cottonball chicks and roseate spoonbills turned from pink to beige by a thin film of oil. A local Fox field reporter asked if she could see an oiled bird rescue-the avatars of the crisis. But the breeding colony didn't have birds that were oily enough for removal, so the Fish and Wildlife Service was just taking media out on motorboats for an educational tour. READ MORE
