Katrina Coverage

I rarely agree with the Cato Institute, but "Domestic Militarization: A Disaster in the Making" is highly recommended:
Having already wrecked a legendary American city, Hurricane Katrina may now be invoked to undermine a fundamental principle of American law;.that principle, enshrined in the Posse Comitatus Act, is that when it comes to domestic policing, the military […]

From libertarian - but don' t hold that against him - Vin Suprynowicz:
What cameramen found at and near the Superdome the next day, as the floodwaters rose, were members of a mostly black underclass with no resources of their own, a people who over a period of generations have come to expect someone else — […]