Tim Shey

As someone who until recently was a resident of Washington for twelve years, it's fun watching D.C. have its biggest moment in a long time. When I was there, getting friends to visit from places like New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco was a pretty rare event, but this...

On the same day that the Orleans Parish School Board announced that schools would be closed for the rest of the year, President Bush spoke publicly of his commitment to making sure the educations of New Orleans and Gulf Coast students displaced by the hurricane will continue, and thanked

Another round-up of some of the memorable statements of the past two days. Each one of these comes from a story worth reading, though the crisis is much bigger than any of us can keep up with, and again, mobilizing help is the most important thing. Please contribute,...

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Editorializing feels pointless at this moment, while things get progressively worse, and the most important thing is getting people help. Just had to share some of the more stunning things I've read over the past 24 hours.

"The evacuation plan was strictly laissez-faire. It...

The relief effort in New Orleans and the Gulf coast is going to be a complicated and long-term commitment, at a time when many of the resources we need -- from federal funding to National Guard support to the economic conditions that support charitable giving -- have already been...