Author: duranta

This is from Andrea Garland, who is from New Orleans: There are supplies sitting in Baton Rouge for the folks in New Orleans, but the National Guard has the city surrounded and is not letting anyone in or out. They are turning...

[From the diaries by susanhu. Some good news — they’re alive — but amidst horror. Anderson Cooper is on Larry King now — he is deeply upset — duranta refers to him below.] I’m alive. I’m...

and all of the Gulf Coast. Katrina is a menacing storm, and the worst that I have ever faced. I rode out Hurricane Betsy and Camille, but this is the worse for New Orleans. We are heading out to  Baton Rouge this morning to...

We know the army is broken. We hear the tales of inadequate equipment and armor. But no one knows this better than the troops themselves. Here is a letter from a soldier in Iraq to Senator Olympia Snow’s office. This...

We heard the bad news today on Bolton’s impact on the UN. Looks like at least some of these United of States may pick up the slack when it comes to Federal inaction and creation of obstacles in fighting global warming.This...