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...desperate need of policies that address the issues of poverty, deteriorating infrastructure and environmental degradation. Unless America's leaders devise a dramatic new approach for coping with hurricane disasters, we are destined to be devastated by many more Katrinas. We can only hope that this was the ultimate wake-up call. Michael F. Hamant Tucson, Arizona, U.S. I am a native New Orleanian, who evacuated the city before the horror. Now, as I sit in San Diego, I try not to hate those responsible for the botched response to the hurricane. I've been listening to national politicians who state...
...total number of proposals submitted by shareholders hit an all-time high “in the wake of Enron and the other scandals,” says Patrick McGurn, executive vice president and special counsel at Institutional Shareholder Services...
...government concentrator in Kirkland House, proudly hails from the city of New York. He will take aim at the Harvard bubble with a fearless onslaught of potent prose and independent politics. For a real morning wake up call, turn to “Left Unsaid”—saying what needs to be said on alternate Wednesdays...
...world, and we here in Europe are with you in the U.S. The suffering in the wake of Katrina will not have been in vain if it helps bring Americans and the Bush Administration to their senses about climate change. The U.S. should either ratify the Kyoto Protocol or propose an equally effective alternative. Promoting technological innovation to reduce climate change without reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not eliminate the risk of more Katrinas. When bankruptcy threatens, one does not simply study how to cut expenses; one actually cuts expenses. Besides, there is no better incentive for technological innovation than...
...ghastly as the hurricane catastrophe has been, perhaps it is the very wake-up call that the U.S. and President Bush need to make them address the real possibility of devastation caused by global warming and what should be done about it-now. Hally Hardie St. Ives, England...