The pictures you have seen of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are not so much pictures of “hurricane victims” as they are of the effects of the American welfare state. Thousands of single black mothers with five or six kids in tow and no father around could not have been rounded up into the superdome 50 years ago, when the black family was still largely intact. It took a half century of welfare statism to create that picture. The murderers, rapists and vandals on the loose in New Orleans are also the result of the welfare state, which has created … Continue reading How Low Will Condi Go?