English: Flooding in Maryland after Hurricane ...

English: Flooding in Maryland after Hurricane Agnes (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

 

 

 


The aftermath of superstorm Sandy and the land of opportunity (via The Christian Science Monitor)

In 1972, as Congress debated legislation to assist the victims of Hurricane Agnes, then Rep. Ed Koch (D) of New York rose to ask his colleagues why they didn’t extend the same generosity to “the ghettos of Harlem” and other poverty-stricken parts of America. “Do we need the intervention of…