Editors at National Review Online ponder the significance of the ongoing Los Angeles wildfire story. The scenes from Los Angeles County are truly apocalyptic — leaping flames and swirling embers, creating…
We have all seen the scenes of utter devastation after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina. Yet most county boards of elections were up and running within a few days,…
David Strom writes for HotAir.com about one factor that likely affects FEMA’s struggles dealing with the impacts of Helene. I have long thought that one of the hallmarks of an…
Andrew Malcolm uses his latest column to explore the importance of presidential visits after a major natural disaster. President Donald Trump has clearly invested a vast amount of time and…
It’s hard to imagine a modern-day president ignoring a large-scale natural or manmade disaster. But presidential responses to disasters have evolved over time. Presidential historian and former Bush administration official…
Tevi Troy explains at National Review Online why the federal government is not the best place to turn first in times of natural disaster. Beyond all the natural devastation, Katrina…
Chris Edwards of DownsizingGovernment.org explains in a recent Daily Caller column why ridding the federal government of its emergency management agency would lead to better disaster response. In decades past,…
Tevi Troy writes for Politico that if you can get past the whole flesh-eating zombie thing, Brad Pitt’s latest movie actually offers some valuable real-life insights. [T]he film is not…
Statists are using Hurricane Sandy as proof that we need big (yea, even bigger) government to cope with natural disasters, but in this piece, Sheldon Richman argues that disaster responses…
Should we rely on government to respond — or on the institutions of civil society? Professor Steven Horwitz argues here that the latter are much better than the former.
Suddenly, some are saying that the inept Katrina recovery was not “Bush’s fault” after all. Here’s an Associated Press headline from yesterday: Data show New Orleans recovery stalled under Nagin.…
Let’s watch the federal response to the ice storm of the century and see how the inevitable ineptitude is portrayed by our media betters. I predict a learning moment.