**September 10, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) KATRINA & RELATED:

Boettke, Peter J. \"The Gulf Coast\'s Other Disaster: Moral Hazard.\"
Christian Science Monitor, September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0908/p09s01-coop.html]{.underline}](http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0908/p09s01-coop.html)

Campbell, Kay. \"Conservative Looks At Katrina Response - Book Examines
Bungling, Efforts at Effective Aid.\" The Huntsville Times (AL),
September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.al.com/living/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/living/1157707283259150.xml&coll=1>

\[Note: This is a review of Marvin Olasky\'s new book, \"The Politics of
Disaster: Katrina, Big Government and a New Strategy for Future Crises\"
(W Publishing Group of Thomas Nelson, 2006, 216 pages.)\]

Chapman, Ron. \"Katrina Truth Must Be Told About New Orleans and
Louisiana.\" BayouBuzz, September 5, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=8127]{.underline}](http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=8127)

\[Excerpt: \"The reason New Orleans flooded is because the city did
NOTHING in the forty years since Hurricane Betsy. It was believed then
that the London Avenue Canal levee had been breached and the city was
about to flood. For forty years nothing was done! No floodgates were
installed despite the fact that plans were drafted in the 1970\'s for
just such protection. Who failed here? Was it local politicians who did
not push the need on the state or federal level? State politicians who
refused to finance the project? A Democratically and now Republican
controlled Congress that failed to allocate the necessary money? Was it
a corrupt New Orleans Levee Board that seemed more concerned about
banquets at Chris\'s Steak House than the safety of the people of this
city?\"\]

Moran, James P. (Representative). \"One Year Later.\" The Alexandria
Connection (VA), September 7, 2006. At:

<http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=70908&paper=59&cat=131>

\(2\) MITIGATION \-- NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM:

Olasky, Marvin. \"How Flood Insurance Tempts The Rich.\" Townhall.com,
September 7, 2006. At:

<http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/MarvinOlasky/2006/09/07/how_flood_insurance_tempts_the_rich>

\[Excerpt: \"Pay off once, shame on the weather or maybe on the builder;
pay off twice or even six times, shame on those who write enabling laws
and regulations. The solution: Those who build or buy in hazardous areas
should pay the market cost of insurance. We should not encourage
reckless activities among the poor and thus lead them into temptation,
and we should not lure the rich, either. Let\'s hope the Senate
understands this.\"\]

\(3\) 9/11 REFLECTIONS:

Dobson, William J. \"How Little The World Has Changed.\" USA Today,
September 7, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-09-06-911-forum-edit_x.htm>

Scott, Janny. \"9/11 Leaves Its Mark On History Classes.\" New York
Times, September 6, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/nyregion/06history.html?_r=1&oref=slogin>

\[Excerpt: \"American history is being studied less as the story of a
neatly packaged nation state and more in a global context, as part of
something much larger, many historians say. The idea of America as an
empire, too, is in vogue. And historians are giving new attention to
topics like the turbulent history of civil liberties in the United
States. There is growing interest in the history of terrorism, of
Muslims in America, of international cultural conflicts and exchanges.
The history of foreign policy is being rethought, some historians said,
with less emphasis on the cold war and more on post-colonial
politics.\"\]

Simms, Brenda. \"9/11: Historic Turning Point, or Bump in the Road?\"
Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-simms10sep10,0,1294894,print.story>

\(4\) WAR ON TERROR:

Butcher, Tim and Al Kadisyeh. \"Even Jordanians Seethe With Hatred for
the West.\" The Telegraph (UK), September 6, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=1XX3R3GY5JGADQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/opinion/2006/09/06/do0604.xml>

Chernus, Ira. \"The Day That Changed Everything Wasn\'t 9/11.\"
TomDispatch.com, September 10, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=119758]{.underline}](http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?emx=x&pid=119758)

\[Note: Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University
of Colorado at Boulder.\]

Healy, Patrick and Jesse McKinley. \"ABC Said to Re-Edit Key Parts of
9/11 Show.\" New York Times, September 8, 2006. At:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/washington/08film.html]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/washington/08film.html)

Johnston, David. \"At a Secret Interrogation, Dispute Flared Over
Tactics.\" New York Times, September 10, 2006, Accessed at:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/washington/10detain.html?hp&ex=1157947200&en=7cd606c9fd4d23f9&ei=5094&partner=homepage>

\[Excerpt: \"\...the interrogation of Mr. Zubaydah was fraught with
sharp disputes, debates about the legality and utility of harsh
interrogation methods, and a rupture between the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the C.I.A. that has yet to heal.\"\]

Laney, Mary. \"Once Again, We Learn Appeasement Doesn\'t Work.\" Chicago
Sun-Times, September 4, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.suntimes.com/output/laney/cst-edt-laney04.html#]{.underline}](http://www.suntimes.com/output/laney/cst-edt-laney04.html)

Los Angeles Times. \"Why Haven\'t We Been Attacked.\" September 10,
2006.

Accessed at:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-terror10sep10,0,353355.story?track=tottext>

\[Excerpt: \"\...there really can be no single answer to the question. A
certain humility becomes those who try to explain why the U.S. has been
spared an attack in the last five years.\]

\[Note: 7-8 years went by between 1st al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade
Towers in 1993 and the 2nd attack on 9/11. The \"long\" time between
these attacks had virtually nothing to do with anything the U.S. was
doing to try to prevent such attack.\]

Mayer, Jane. \"The Clandestine Life of America\'s Top Al Qaeda Source.\"
The New Yorker, September 4, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060911fa_fact]{.underline}](http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/060911fa_fact)

\[Excerpt: \"For nearly a decade, a former Al Qaeda operative named
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl has been living in the United States government\'s
witness-protection program, under an assumed identity.\"\]

McManus, Doyle. \"Five Years After: Is The U.S. Winning This War?\" Los
Angeles Times, 10Sep06. At:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror10sep10,0,391305.story?track=tottext>

\[Excerpt: \"\...terrorism experts\...warn, the U.S. may have lost
ground since 2001.\"

Priest, Dana and Ann Scott Tyson. \"Bin Laden Trail \'Stone Cold\'.\"

Washington Post, 10 Sept.2006. At:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/09/AR2006090901105_pf.html>

Stanley, Alessandra. \"Laying Blame and Passing the Buck, Dramatized.\"

New York Times, September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/arts/television/08path.html]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/arts/television/08path.html)

\[About ABC mini-series \"The Path to 9/11\" set to start tonight
(Sunday).\]

Telegraph (UK, Ed.). \"Five Years On, This War Must Intensify.\"

September 3, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml;jsessionid=Q45N4PQAZAOKLQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/opinion/2006/09/03/dl0301.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/09/03/ixopinion.html>

Washington Post. \"The Fifth Anniversary - Mr. Bush Has Refined His
Theory and Conduct of the War Against Terrorism - But Not In the Right
Way.\" September 10, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/09/AR2006090900782_pf.html>

\[Excerpt: \"\...two major aspects of the president\'s speeches are
troubling: his characterization of the Islamic threat as \"a single
movement\" including both al-Qaeda and Iran; and his insistence that the
United States reserve the right to violate international humanitarian
laws\.... The danger is that Mr. Bush\'s flawed definitions will lead to
flawed strategy.\"\]

\(5\) WAR ON TERROR \-- IRAQ:

CBS News. \"Rockefeller: Bush Duped Public On Iraq,\" September 9, 2006.

Accessed at:

[[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/09/eveningnews/main1990644.shtml]{.underline}](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/09/eveningnews/main1990644.shtml)

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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