Doctors and nurses are ready. So are crisis counselors, airport officials, social welfare agencies and a legion of volunteers. ...more

January 19, 2010

People who put faith in government to solve national or even individual problems are headed for deep disappointment, if it hasn't already arrived. Still, that doesn't stop politicians from attempting to sell political snake oil to the gullible. No one ever lost money betting on the ignorance of the uninformed masses. ...more

October 22, 2008

Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. ...more

September 9, 2008

Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that they were not ready to allow many of the 1.9 million Louisiana residents who had evacuated to return. ...more

September 3, 2008

Sheriff Richard Nugent expected the embarrassment, and it arrived as predicted. Nugent found out Friday afternoon that his kennelmate for the next 24 hours would be a "loving," black and white Border collie mix rescued from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. ...more

February 16, 2008

Sheriff Richard Nugent expected the embarrassment, and it arrived as predicted. ...more

February 16, 2008

The gruff, cigar-chomping general who led federal troops into New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is convinced America hasn't learned its lesson from the storm. ...more

January 10, 2008

Danny Wuerffel was on the run, rushing between meetings and airport gates on a mission to spread perpetual good will. And it is a mission, a calling to keep helping those who need it most. He never stops. ...more

December 5, 2007

Some loaded their possessions into grocery carts, wheeling what they could save over knee-deep floodwaters. Others jumped from fast-disappearing rooftops and swam to higher ground. ...more

November 3, 2007

As Marc Cohn does the publicity circuit to promote his new album, 'Join the Parade,' talk inevitably turns to the singer's carjacking two years ago, when he was shot in the head. ...more

October 23, 2007