Katrina

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

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Federal Aid to Katrina Victims, New Orleans Housing, Katrina, Fema, Times-Picayune, Politics News
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.

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Naomi Klein: "Disaster Capitalism" Still On The Rise

Portfolio.com | Lloyd Grove | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Shock Doctrine, Economic Shock Therapy, Katrina, Disaster Capitalism, Capitalism, Naomi Klein, Business News

Marauding multinationals and their enablers in the U.S. government have a worthy adversary in Naomi Klein, a Canadian social critic whose books punctu...

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Guitar Virtuoso Jimmy Robinson at New Orleans' Ogden: "After Hours"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Susan Cowsill, New Orleans, Katrina, Arts, Guitar, Music, Jimmy Robinson, Ogden Museum, Southern Art, Entertainment News
Georgianne Nienaber

"Vibrating Strings" is a solo acoustic tour de force for electric guitar virtuoso Jimmy Robinson, who established his solid reputation with Woodenhead and Twangorama.

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Facts and Lies about Lowering Oil Prices

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Energy Security, Renewable Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Center for American Progress, Low Carbon Economy, Pelosi, Rita, Addiction to Oil, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Real Energy Solutions, Oil Prices, Katrina, Spr, Green News
Alan Rosenblatt

Big Oil makes more money when prices go up and that money is nicely spread among its allies in Congress. Trusting these guys is like trusting your neighborhood pusher.

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The Daily Szep: Gov. Haley Barbour Katrina Funds Looter

Paul Szep | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Cartoons, Cartoon, Haley Barbour, Political Cartoons, Politics News
Paul Szep

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Eyes in My Eyes

Terry Marotta | Posted 07.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Boston, New Orleans, Dialects, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Katrina, Accents, Diversity, Regional Dialects, Living News
Terry Marotta

I had a lesson in diversity last week in New Orleans, where I found myself so completely out of my element that when a couple of young women kept calling me "Ma'am" I took their tone for sarcastic.

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FEMA's Trailers: The Cheapest, The Most Toxic

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema Trailers, Fema, Fema Formaldehyde, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Katrina Mismanagement, Katrina, Formaldehyde Fumes, Politics News
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.

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Floods: Update, New Orleans Examining Levee Seepage

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Katrina, New Orleans, Levees, 17th Street Canal, Vice President Dick Cheney, Army Corps of Engineers, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Corps engineers in New Orleans maintain that the seepage is not cause for alarm.

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Still Counting Katrina's Dead

Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Katrina Deceased Victims List, Katrina Dead, Louisiana, Katrina Diaspora, John Mutter, Katrina, Katrina Victims, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi, Politics News
Stacy Parker Aab

While the "full impact" of Katrina is not quantifiable, the more we know about the circumstances of individual deaths, the better prepared we will be to prevent similar disasters in the future.

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New Orleans Now

Suzette Standring | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish, Ninth Ward, Recovery, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Flood, Katrina, Survivors, Standring, Suzette, Living News
Suzette Standring

New Orleans is like a newly grime-free Sistine Chapel. It's hard to believe its near-death experience was only three years ago.

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The Floods: Army Corps Says PR Firms Transform "Babblers" into "Spokespersons"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, USACE; Army Corpss of Engineering, Public Relations, Iowa, Katrina, Floods, Media Spin, Levees, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

The Army Corps has known for some time that the levee systems needed restructuring. It appears that rather than improving them, they chose to hire PR firms to help with crisis communications.

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The Floods: New Orleans, God, and Nature Can No Longer be Blamed

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Floods, Iowa Flooding, Midwest Floods, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Midwest Flood Damage, Hurricane Katrina, Midwest Flooding, Politics News
Georgianne Nienaber

What happened in New Orleans, and what is happening today in the heartland, is the result of a massive infrastructure failure and the siphoning of tax resources into the war economy.

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On the Ground: Disaster Flood Engineering

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Floods, Mary Landrieu, US Army Corps of Engineers, Naomi Klein, Tom Harkin, Iowa, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

With the epic dimensions of this flood and the scope of infrastructure failures, how can the Army Corps of Engineers say to the devastated people that they had better get busy and "top the levees?"

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"Elite" Obama on the Front Lines--McCain AWOL

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Wisconsin, Cindy McCain, Iowa, Katrina, Floods, George W Bush, Barack Obama, Indiana, Michelle Obama, Heiress, Ranch, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Obama is on the front lines of the flood, helping residents clean up and start over. Where is McCain in this effort? Is he pitching in to help? Or is he off to another party at the Bush "ranch" in his wife's jet?

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The Saga Of The Protest Song

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Classic Rock, Songs, Music Education, War With Iran, George W. Bush, Suppressing Dissent, Kent State University, Bob Dylan, Iraq War, Iran, Politics, Grunge, Folk, Vietnam War, Protest, Katrina, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

I figured maybe "Fortunate Son"'s rebellious tone had gotten his attention. But it was something more... my nephew was asking questions about its political lyrics and theme.

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Obama vs McCain: Digging-In or "Standing Ready"

Beverly Davis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain Standing Ready, Democratic Presumptive, Tim Russert, Cecilia Haertsch, Obama Iowa Floods, Minnesota Floods 08, Campaign 08, Sen. McCain, Barack Obama Floods, Obama Campaign National Emergencies, John McCain 08, Katrina, Democratic Presidential Win 08, Presidential Race 08, Hawkey State 08, Hawkeye State Floods, Missouri Floods 08, Barack Obama Sandbagging, Kansas 08, Kansas Floods 08, Iowa 08, Minnesota Battleground State, Obama Quincy, Illinois 08, The Chicago Sun-Times, Standing Ready, Minnesota 08, Republican Presumptive, Midwest Flood 08, John McCain Floods, Democratic Win 08, Republican White House, Iowa City Flood, Tim Russert Untimely Death, Sen. Obama 08, Barack Obama 08, Presidential Campaign 08, Missouri Battleground, Bush Katrina, Indiana 08, Michigan 08, Chicago Sun-Times, Youtube Obama Floods Video, Michigan Battleground State, Obama 08, Barack Obama Flood Zone, Indiana Battleground State, Des Moines Floods, Missouri Key State, McCain Iowa Floods, John McCain, Lynn Sweet, Missouri 08, Hawkeye State, Battleground States 08, McCain 08, Youtube.com, Illinois Flood 08, Sen. Obama, Bush Administration Katrina, Youtube, Cedar Rapids Flood, Key States, Musicvideo, Whilhelmcoq, Home News
Beverly Davis

This weekend Barack Obama ditched his suit, picked up a shovel and started filling sandbags in the Midwest flood zone. John McCain sent a press release from a private fundraiser in Riverside, California.

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"Candy Bombers," Obama and the End of Wal-Mart Nation (Mississippi Flood Update)

Bennet Kelley | Posted 06.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Bobby Kennedy, Andrei Cherny, Mission Accomplished, Berlin Airlift, Barack Obama, I-35 Bridge, Mississippi River, Brooklyn Bridge, Katrina, Sacramento, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

The can-do nation that soared from the depths of the depression to the moon has withered to a Wal-Mart nation that believes we can maintain our leadership and economic standing on the cheap.

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6 Other Things that Aren't "Change We Can Believe In"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Primaries, Keating, Change, Speech, Bush, Barack Obama, Lobbyists, Green, Katrina, Vicki Iseman, Warner, John McCain, Cowardice, Politics News
Seth Grahame-Smith

McCain's "green speech" was one of the funniest half-hours of television since Arrested Development was canceled, and had all the energy and eloquence of Frankenstein on barbiturates.

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FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Fema, Formaldehyde, Green News

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

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

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Formaldehyde Cancer, Katrina, Carcinogens, Fema Trailers, Cancer, Formaldehyde, Politics News
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.

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When Endorsements Go All to Hell

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Holocaust, John Hagee, John Hagee McCain, Katrina, Breaking Politics News, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

It doesn't matter what national religious leaders John Hagge or Rod Parsley, or even Jeremiah Wright believe. What matters is what the person actually running for office believes, says and does.

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Disaster Reponse in a Web 2.0 World

Rebecca Fannin | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Web 2.0, Natural Disasters, Beijing, Mobile Phones, Katrina, Earthquake, China Earthquake, China, Politics News
Rebecca Fannin

Being in China one week after a massive earthquake reminds me of how advanced China is becoming -- and how the country's swift response has lessons for the U.S. and its poor handling of Katrina.

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In New Orleans, the Road Home Adds a New Bump

Harry Shearer | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Rebuilding New Orleans, Katrina Victims, Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

When people outside New Orleans ask, "what happened to all the federal money?", the question is echoed by those in the city. Here's one answer.

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Serving the People vs. Clinging to Power

Philip Slater | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Administration, Disaster Relief, China, Burma, Sichuan Quake, Myanmar Junta, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, China Earthquake, Katrina Relief, Bush Katrina, Politics News
Philip Slater

It's useful to compare the way China handled its national disaster with the way the Burmese handled the cyclone, and the way our Republican administration handled Katrina.

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Obama and Wisdom and Clinton

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore, Wisdom, Kyl-Lieberman, Rfk, Obama, Edwards, Myanmar, Canadian Forests, Clinton, Vietnam War, Tsunami, Iraq Invasion and Occupation, Katrina, World War II, Trojan War, Ralph Nader, Global Warming, Mlk, Aeschylus, Politics News
Norman MacAfee

I have been meaning to write about whom I support in the Democratic primary. In January I backed all three main candidates. Basically, it was a case o...

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