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From yesterday’s All Things Considered. What’s your response? Into the long-running argument about creationism vs. evolution, there’s lately been added a new catchphrase, a version of creationism called intelligent design. President Bush has staked out a non-position on the subject, which is that both sides ought to be properly taught in the schools of America…

Today, nearly 700 bloggers are taking up the charge and raising funds for relief, coordinated by N.Z. Bear . My charity of choice is Catholic Charities, but there’s not a one on the list that’s not worthy. We’ll also be packing up some good used clothes and making a trip to Target to buy some…

In case you missed it, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is gearing up to help the displaced persons from New Orleans. They’re accepting in-kind donations. Here’s a  press release from the Archdiocese on what they’re doing Here’s the SVDP-Houston web page with more details. As of tonight, I’ve heard that the SVDP in…

..in her Thursday WSJ column: President Bush. The political subtext: Does he understand that what has happened in our gulf is as important as what is happening in the other gulf? Does he know in his gut that the existence of looting, chaos and disease in a great American city, or cities, is a terrible…

Archbishop Hughes, now in Baton Rouge Oh, and here’s the Jesus finger story I’ve been sent several times today. It did nothing but tick me off. Frankly, I have no patience for this stuff. Jesus flicked his finger and shifted the hurricane east? Oh good – like that’s done NO so much good. Like he…

Editorial decries a young girl getting married and having a baby at 14 in Kansas. When’s the last time the NYTimes worried about 14-year old girls having sex outside  of marriage? (For the record, I think both are crazy and wrong.  Unless you’re Loretta Lynn, I guess….)

Cuts to Medicaid define feeding tubes and respirators as "optional." Patients who are losing feeding tubes and other equipment have been told they can file appeals. But the results to date are less than encouraging. As of last Wednesday, 1,048 people had filed appealed. Of the 427 appeals hearings held, the patient lost in 396…

…and an open thread for any Katrina-related topic except natural theology. 1) Earlier today, Jonah Goldberg, whom I admire, posted this at The Corner: JOKE NO LONGER [Jonah Goldberg ] Posted at 11:25 AM Everyone knows the 50 different versions of the joke about the Meteor (apocalypse, whatever) heading to earth and The New York…

…in a phone interview with a reporter wandering the Gulf coast: Everyone’s lost everything, and no one knows what to do next.

It’s clear now that this is what is going to be required, on a massive scale. It will be a story to follow and a cause to support any way we can – half a million people displaced for months. Some will leave the area permanently and move on, dependent on only their own resources,…
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