Klein article:
pathetic.
not only do places like Plaquemines Parish stand to lose their fisheries, but also much of the physical barrier that lessens the intensity of fierce storms like hurricane Katrina...
marvelous. i'd like to see that claim substantiated.
That oil entered the marshland and stayed there, burrowing deeper and deeper thanks to holes dug by crabs.
all the way to the mantle, i'm sure.
Katrina pulled back the curtain on the reality of racism in America, the BP disaster pulls back the curtain on something far more hidden: how little control even the most ingenious among us have over the awesome, intricately interconnected natural forces with which we so casually meddle.
ahh, the rascism card. now that's relevant. And since when did casual tasks cost $1.5M/day?
writing like Ms Klein's exemplifies why literature majors don't get paid much.
