The Gambit

1. An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position.
2. A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
3. A remark intended to open a conversation.

After 9/11 (World Trade Center terrorism), New York thought that the world must stop for them since they were the center of the universe. However, after 8/29 (Hurricane Katrina)…they still do!

The devastation of New Orleans is no longer on their radar screen. This tells me they are a very provincial bunch. That is, they are petty, lacking tolerance and breadth of view. This limit of perspective is narrow-minded and self-centered. Just like I said...provincial!

I’m just wondering if this is where the provincial (New York City) meets the bucolic (New Orleans)?

New Orleans has an alternative newsweekly, the Gambit Weekly, one of the 124 non-daily free circulation papers in North America. Therefore, because of this blogger's emphasis on tolerance and refined politeness - The Maginot Mind will today spotlight the Gambit Weekly.