Friend Roy sent these along and they are some good reads. Unfortunately they are NY Times so may disappear behind the paywall.

Cant-Do Government by Paul Krugman. Trying to answer the question Why were we so unprepared?.

The Manmade Disaster. NY Times editorial. How Guard Iraq deployment is affecting the rescue operations.

They Saw It Coming by Mark Fischetti. Implementing the 1998 large-scale engineering plan called Coast 2050 could have helped in avoiding this disaster.

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