There's a pathology of entitlement that has infected our society and the symptoms of this disease have been laid bare after Hurricane Katrina. I can't pretend to argue where this pathology started but it's no revelation to say that the government officials we scorn have sprung from the same society of which we too have emerged. Before and after the disaster, citizens of New Orleans leaned heavily on the incompetence of local officials while Nagin protested despite his own lack of inertia....