Must reads:

The New York Times has a biting editorial about the President’s response to the hurricane – http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/opinion/01thu1.html

DailyKos does a nice job of summarizing the political impact of Katrina –
http://www.dailykos.com/

It’s amazing that they are still managing to publish so much news over the internet – http://www.nola.com/