Monday night

Yesterday's Meet the Press transcript is only one transient bit in the construction of the collective memory of Katrina, as is the transcript for Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer (who stands loudly and well at the end), but I hope they last, along with Bérubé's Bassomatic-equivalent. I hope that the estate-tax vote and the SCOTUS discussions are delayed until there is appropriate time for careful consideration following what has happened -- and that those half-mast flags are also meant for the Gulf Coast dead.