This sort of thing is terribly difficult to pull off, and I'm not sure this succeeds.

I'm too lazy to read the whole thing, but that paragraph sounds like something Mudede would aspire to write, only it's coherent. And carefully executed. And intelligently argued.

Interesting and provocative. As a So. California tourist trapped in the Superdome I have some photos of my own that I could share, but there definitely was a feeling of desperation, fear, Group Think, and abandonment.

Paul Harris
Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"