In the Sunday Tennessean, Tipper Gore has an op-ed and accompanying photos about her recent trip to post-Katrina New Orleans.

While the Katrina debacle has faded somewhat in the minds of the American people, and the mainstream media is doing little to hold Congress or the Administration accountable, it is clear that there is still much work to be done, and there is a massive leadership gap on the issue.

For those obsessed with the potential of a Gore 2008 candidacy, this article may further those yearnings (or worryings), but putting politics aside, as Tipper wrote "We as Americans must not turn away from the ruins; we must move ahead and quickly. We have so much left to do."

Amen.