Hurricane Irene And The Benefits Of Big Government
Don’t expect anybody to throw a tea party, but Big Government finally got one right. On Monday, six years to the day after Hurricane Katrina destroyed New Orleans and obliterated the notion of a...
View ArticleAusterity Versus Salvation: What Price Life?
So the big, bad storm huffed and puffed and didn’t blow all the houses in. Reversing Katrina, on the sixth anniversary of that shameful episode in American history, the response to Irene was more...
View ArticleA “Federal Family” Affair: Coordinated Efforts, Except At Fox News
FEMA chief Craig Fugate and National Weather Service director Jack Hayes recently wrote an op-ed about preparations for hurricane season. They noted the coordinated efforts of “the entire federal...
View Article“Heckuva Job, Barry”: Disasters Offer A Visible Opportunity For A President...
Although some may find it crass to speculate on the political impact of The Storm, I’m going to go ahead and do it, for two reasons. First, I’ve earned the right, and second, because complaints that...
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