Katrina aftermath shows need for ‘Net in a disaster

It’s a Sunday morning, a week or two before this column runs. The TV’s on, with a news channel selected. And pretty much all that I’m hearing is Katrina, Katrina, Katrina.

I wish I had a political column – I have a lot to say. I’d like to comment on the moral bankruptcy of a President who publicly states that even if you are starving or dying of dehydration, there’s no excuse for looting (echoes of the attitudes of the ruling class in the days when someone stealing bread to feed a child could be hung), or of a White…