On Monday, January 12, 2009, President Bush had his farewell press conference and talked about the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
Rachel Maddow reviews Bush’s response and has an exclusive interview with Jed Horne, city editor of the Times-Picayune at the time of the storm and Pulitzer Price winner:

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Posted on January 15th, 2009 by Sherri
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One of the biggest things about South Louisiana and New Orleans in particular is our deeply rooted heritage of food and family recipes. One of the most important legacies lost in Katrina were entire family collections of recipes that had been handed down for more than several generations.
A lot of people will say “so [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2009 by Sherri
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