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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics


Bella DePaulo

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

Louisiana's Landrieu Dogs FEMA and Protects Fourth Estate

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


Georgianne Nienaber

As a journalist who works regularly in Africa, I take press freedoms pretty seriously.

Ban Ki-moon's Novel Idea: Countries Should Be Prepared For Disasters

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


After touring disaster zones on the wave-swept coasts of Myanmar and in the crumbled hills of China's Sichuan Province, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Rep. Steve Israel

Three years after Hurricane Katrina washed homes from their foundations, ended lives and scattered families, the progress is, at best, erratic.

Louisiana's "Road Home"--the Goalposts Keep Moving

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

For those outside New Orleans who ask, "what happened to all the Federal money down there?", a guide appears in the Times-Picayune explaining the labyrinth homeowners have had to navigate to get their Road Home grant.

The F Word: Homes not Hearings

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Laura Flanders

Democrats and Republicans played out a partisan fight Wednesday over who is to blame for housing hurricane victims in toxic trailers. Over one millio...

FEMA's Trailers: The Cheapest, The Most Toxic

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

Another shoe dropped in the FEMA trailer scandal this week, with the publication of a report pinpointing why so many New Orleanians inhaled such high levels of formaldehyde fumes for so long.

Since Bad Government Costs the Same as Good, Let's Choose Good

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics


Jared Bernstein

Under a McCain or any other modern conservative administration, it's not that there would be noticeably less government -- it's that there would be worse government.

The Libertarian Disaster Recovery Fallacy

John McQuaid | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


John McQuaid

As disasters get bigger and more complicated, the role of government in disaster recovery and urban planning will have to grow.

Why Giuliani Is The Perfect Choice To Defend McCain's Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics


Jackson Williams

There's a debate over whether it's wise to have Giuliani as McCain's campaign surrogate on matters of terrorism and homeland security. Obviously McCain thinks so, but last September he didn't sound so sure.

Women Get Respect -- Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Marcia G. Yerman

For countless women, Gloria Steinem is the personification of their own struggle with gender issues. From the stage, she paid homage to women of accomplishment in their respective fields that were in the audience.

FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green


The Federal Emergency Management Agency has promised it will never again use formaldehyde-tainted trailers to house victims of a natural disaster -- u...

FEMA Draft Plan: Trailers May Be Used In New Disaster

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home


WASHINGTON — The government may house disaster victims in trailers this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them ag...

Active Illness in Children due to Passive Politics: Is This Another Tuskegee Experiment?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Robin Wilson

The trailers FEMA sent to Katrina refugees were taxpayer-funded carcinogen containers -- with air quality so poor that the agency was issued an order to stop using them due to the high levels of formaldehyde.

Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

Government Floods City, Then Poisons Survivors

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media


Harry Shearer

That would be the tabloid, but not entirely inaccurate, version of the New Orleans story to date.

Henry, You're Doing a Heckuva Job

Linda Keenan | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business


Linda Keenan

I've been reading and re-reading this quote from President Bush, above the fold of the New York Times: "I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for workin...

The Department of Homeland (In)Security and Friends

Carl Pope | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home


Carl Pope

If you didn't already fully grasp just how eager the reactionary right is to take risks with your life and that of your family, for the most absurd an...

Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

The Other Shoe Drops on the FEMA Trailers

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

The Centers for Disease Control came out with the results of testing on the formaldehyde levels in the FEMA trailers on the Gulf Coast, and the bottom line is: get the people out of those trailers.

FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risks To Katrina Victims

Salon | Sheila Kaplan | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing traile...

The New Orleans Trailer Story Gets Worse

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics


Harry Shearer

FEMA opted to spend far more money on last-minute purchases of trailers, some of which were delivered before their interiors were allowed to "cure", thereby dissipating the formaldehyde fumes within.

Sam Stein

Giuliani Creates 'Catastrophe Committee,' Appoints Bush Loyalist As Its Head

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign announced on Thursday the formulation of a Catastrophe Advisory Committee, designed to provide the former New Yo...

My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics


Chris Weigant

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

FEMA Ranks Lowest In Public Approval

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics


The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to shake its poor reputation, more than two years after its mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, a poll s...


 

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