NR Daily: Harvey Awakens a Divided America’s Better Angels

Even hurricanes have a silver lining: The downpour washes away a lot of bull. Don't get me wrong. This is a tragedy for untold thousands of people. And no upside could possibly balance the scale against the downside. The full human toll of Harvey, now a tropical storm, remains to be determined, but it's already steep. As of this writing, the official count of fatalities was up to 14, and that number will probably rise. The economic cost will take a long time to calculate. And the emotional price — lost homes, heirlooms, pictures, worry, stress — can never be calculated. And yet, I couldn't help but notice that there is a "feel good" aspect to the whole catastrophe ...

August 30 2017

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