Chitown Kev

We begin today with an interesting piece by Aaron Blake of The Washington Post about how hurricanes have a way of defining the careers of municipal, state, and national leaders.

Two prominent examples will always spring to mind. One is Katrina, in which a slow and botched response was among the reasons George W. Bush left office in 2009 as one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history. By contrast, then-New Jersey Gov.

As Aug. 2, the 97th birthday of my favorite author, James Arthur Baldwin, approached, I began to panic. I had no idea what I would write for the occasion. I’ve written about Baldwin before, and there are particular topics that I would still like to write about.

Strangely, I’ve never looked for Baldwin on YouTube all that much for some reason. Yes, I’ve seen the February 1965 debate with William F.