Note the prominent place in this news article given to the statement that we can judge a society by the way it treats its elders. This is repeated twice in the opening paragraphs and it appeared again as a photo caption on the next page. Did the NYT's news reports on heat waves in France and the American mid-West incorporate similar sweeping judgments? Notice also that -- as far as the NYT is concerned -- the verdict is in even though basic facts remain in dispute and the death toll was MUCH less than origianlly projected by Mayor Nagin. Seems to me the heroic efforts of the helicopter rescuers, armed forces, private companies, taxpayer-funded agencies, etc. prove that we do care about our aged and vulnerable.
How many elderly were evactuated from New Orleans successfully?