CLIFF MAY: Preparation or Prevention?

From today's Scripps Howard News Service:

Americans are distressed that the government was ill-prepared to quickly assist disaster victims in New Orleans. But here's a fact that should trouble us more: The government could have averted this disaster in the first place.

The fourth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 seems an appropriate time to examine this distinction -- to consider the requirements of two very different missions: preparing to handle a catastrophe when it occurs, and doing what is necessary to prevent a catastrophe before it happens. Read more.

Read the Spanish translation.