How many of the evacuees who were bused, helicoptered, or otherwise transported away from danger during that week in 2005 are happy in their new locales and how many want to come back home?
As we approach the 5th anniversary of the flooding of New Orleans, it's clear that, though the city has seen a profusion of "Katrina" art and music, the major enduring presence of the catastrophe has been on the bookshelf.
The trouble with the proponents of this premise, that immigrants are coming to this country to have babies that will get automatic citizenship and grow up to be terrorists, is that they're not making the case strongly enough.
Since Obama's got a big Iraq speech coming up, I've taken the initiative to write a short version of the speech I hope he delivers to New Orleans and the nation.
NPR announced recently that its initials no longer stand for National Public Radio. What the network itself stands for at this moment sounds a lot like censorship.
The President has left New Orleans now, once again, as last October, finding it inconvenient to spend more than a few hours here. Probably a good idea. He'll get a better night's sleep back on his home planet.
