LOS ANGELES -- What seems truly noteworthy about the U.S. response to the tsunami disaster (especially as viewed here from the West Coast) is the dramatic duration of the caring. Even as the TV media have begun to lose interest (predictably), the general interest here seems not to be waning at all.
One must assume that the colossal magnitude of the tragedy and the merciless vulnerability of millions of people to Mother Nature at her absolute worst touched the American heart completely.
On campuses up and down the West Coast, from the University of Washington in Seattle to the University of California at San Diego, students' organizing on behalf of the victims remains at fever pitch. Even Hollywood's sincerity about tsunami aid seems -- well -- sincere! And, if you know Tinseltown, you know this is a most unusual turn of events indeed.