Discuss “Executive Privilege”

We thought endlessly about the firefighters who rushed into the buildings; I talked with my family about the selfless man who stayed with his wheelchair-bound friend in the building. After September 11, stories of hope, perseverance and camraderie soothed the nation?s battered soul. Now, after Katrina, we are in need again of great tales, but there are few such uplifting stories coming out of Katrina and its aftermath to match.

Perhaps reporters at the scene and editors in the newsrooms were so captured by the astonishing chaos that they were blind to the hopeful stories. Maybe the persisting ill communication between scattered people, unreliable cell phones, and offline email providers has prevented these stories from reaching the public eye.

But...