If your only Katrina goal is to find one more reason to disparage Bush's brain or to reflexively defend him no matter what, you probably won't like this article. But if, like most people, you're just trying to figure out what went wrong and what we can learn from it, you will find it thoughtful and insightful. Peggy Noonan batted about .500 as a presidential speech writer (she came up with "a thousand points of light" and the unlamented "read my lips -- no new taxes"). She has a better average when crafting her own phrases.
