A Break From Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

TS asked last night why I don't do more political blogging. Most everyone reading this knows I have pretty firm political beliefs. The answer is simple. I spend all day on the job making arguments. When I blog, I want to switch gears.

But not today. People are dead, and more are dying, slowly and terribly. There have been real failures in our government, both in disaster prevention and post-disaster planning, that have contributed to the sky-high index of human misery on the Gulf Coast.

So today you'll probably see some posts on the aftermath of Katrina, and they may have -- gasp! -- a political slant.

We'll return to our more relaxed theme tomorrow.