This is not a story, like whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, that was difficult to get at. But journalists rarely venture into impoverished neighborhoods these days, except for quick-hit features. When a woman from one of these communities goes missing, it doesn't attain the status of a Natalee Holloway drama.
He also answers a question that has mystified me. If Michael Brown was so unqualified, why did Bush make him FEMA director? Seems un-Bush-like to me. Turns out Brown was the #2 man at FEMA when he was nominated for chief. That seems like some experience to me.
Kurtz also notes that starting today, we have to pay $50/ year to read Maureen Dowd, et. al. at the NYT site. Give them joy. I was already not reading her when it was free. Curtsy to Glenn Reynolds.
