"Mr. Bush confronts this disaster with his political capital depleted by the war in Iraq."

David Sanger of the NYT analyzes the Bush response to Katrina and compares it to his response to 9/11: Not since he sat in a Florida classr...

Stamps, Acme products.

Here 's a set of stamps that were exchanged at an illustrators' conference. Each stamp is like a business card for an artist. I foun...

"The sense that we will be decent and brave in times of crisis."

Peggy Noonan on the looters: A hurricane cannot rob a great city of its spirit, but a vicious citizenry can. A bad time with Mother Nature c...

Beyond the physical suffering.

Right now we are focused on the physical suffering caused by Katrina. Monty Loree is talking about the financial problems a million people ...

To the New Orleans law students.

Here is the Tulane Post-Hurricane Blog, and here is the Loyola Post-Hurricane Blog. Please know that there are a lot of people in law scho...

Katrina.

It's hard to fathom the suffering in New Orleans. I spent yesterday evening watching the TV news, seeing weary, confused people wading t...

The Amsterdam Notebooks—Page 32.

It's Day 32 of this 35 day project . ( The set thus far. ) Here are some observations about fashion: And here's a running list I kep...