Insofar as we have moved onto the politics, blame, racism and class-ism of hurricane Katrina we seem to have forgotten one little lingering matter. Global warming, and the elevated sea surface temperatures of the Gulf of Mexico. Ten of the warmest years of record have occurred over the last eleven...

President Bush, standing alone in Jackson Square telling the world that New Orleans will rise again. It remains to be seen if he will be occupying that same site after Rita has had her way with the Gulf Coast. Jax Square is a "must" when in New Orleans. I was...