THE BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS
Matt Welch, Reason
As Katrina wiped out New Orleans' communications
infrastructure, rumors of violence quickly filled the
airwaves. The only problem? None of the reports were true.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25116/
THE POST-KATRINA ERA
George Lakoff, AlterNet
Katrina's tragic consequences were not just due to
incompetence, natural disaster, or Bush policies (though he
is accountable). This is a failure of moral and political
philosophy.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25099/
IRAQ 100, LOUISIANA 8
Will Bunch, Attytood
In April 2004, some of the best minds who were supposed to
be studying and improving Lousiana's damaged wetlands
instead found themselves in the Persian Gulf -- restoring
the Iraqi marshes.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25107/
THE ONE THAT'S LEFT BEHIND
Dorothy Gaines, Pacific News Service
If your leaders make you responsible for your own
evacuation, what do you do when you don't have one dollar
to buy gas, or even have a car?
http://www.alternet.org/story/25114/
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HUGO'S HELPING HAND
Kelly Hearn, AlterNet
Hugo Chávez has responded to Pat Robertson's call to
assassinate him by offering discounted heating oil and
health care to poor Americans.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25067/
THE RICHEST INHERITANCE
Stan Cox, Prairie Writers Circle
The estate tax is a crucial part of an economy that protects
every family's legacy -- including treasures that have
nothing to do with material wealth.
http://www.alternet.org/story/25120/
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