SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM: A puzzling article notes that the Flood of donations to fight deadly diseases dries up after September 11th. Before the WTC atrocities, $2.9 billion dollars was pledged to fight AIDS, TB, and malaria around the world, and since 9-11, only $4,000 has been pledged.

I can think of two reasons for this. One, the bulk of the $2.9 billion was probably pledged by governments, who now have already given. Two, since the outpouring of money to the victims' funds has come primarily from Americans, it must be American individuals who the UN is counting on to fund this fight against infectious disease. That's fine; we are already the largest giver of foreign aid in absolute amounts in the world. But how about a little credit here?