by Pat Hartman | Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Historically Venice, California, has been the place where new societal mutations showed up early, and the place uniquely prepared and equipped to deal with them. Whether this is still true remains to be seen. Last month, Peggy Lee Kennedy wrote in the Free Venice...
by Pat Hartman | Jan 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Of the total number of men experiencing homelessness in the United States, one out of three is a veteran. Ericka Walmsley of the Texas Veterans Commission gave this often-repeated statistic to a reporter in early December, and a controversy began....
by Pat Hartman | Dec 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
The names of certain celebrities are inevitably linked with the causes they embrace, and one of the most prominent examples of that is Bruce Springsteen. He has always been a compassionate friend of the underdog, the disenfranchised, the dispossessed, and anyone who...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Studying up on homelessness in America, a person is constantly astonished by both the magnanimity of some of our fellow citizens and the cluelessness of others. Today’s excursion into the realm of the media turns up a story titled “To Test Housing Program,...
by Pat Hartman | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
The microcosm reflects the macrocosm. In other words, one way to get a real grasp of a national problem such as homelessness is to look at a snapshot of a particular place at one point in time. That is exactly what Elliott Blackburn, a reporter for...
