back after a hiatus

Apologies for neglecting The North Star; I've had my handsful with work-related demands these last few weeks, but here's one that should make everyone feel a bit better:

The Battle for America

back soon...

Steve Bell 

Katrina Update

• Paul William Roberts: The Flagging Empire (Globe and Mail)
• Godfrey Hodgson: After Katrina, a Government Adrift (opendemocracy)
• Christian Parenti: The Big Easy Dies Hard (Nation)
• Anne Rice: Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans? (NYT)
• George Friedman: New Orleans, A Geopolitical Prize (STRATFOR)
• Jordan Flaherty: Notes from Inside New Orleans (Left Turn)
• Richard Rodriguez: The Third World (PBS)
• Thulani Davis: Unbearable Crime on the Mississippi (Black Commentator)
  
• William A. Cook: From New Orleans to Palestine (CP)