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Ground Zero of Dreams
“A people unaware of its myths is likely to continue living by them, though the world around that people may change and demand changes in their psychology, their world view, their ethics, and their...
View ArticleAsking for Trouble
This week Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was denied a visit to Ground Zero. Ahmadinejad asked that he be allowed to lay a wreath at the site while he visits New York next week. Today ABC News...
View ArticleSmart v. Stupid
Tom Friedman has written something smart about 9/11; he says we should stop being stupid about it. Naturally, the stupid disagree. Update: See also The Talking Dog. Tweet
View ArticleThe Bush Ministry of Truth
The word disgust isn’t strong enough. In a press conference today, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the administration’s ongoing efforts to find Osama bin Laden, calling...
View ArticleGreat Day for America: Only 300 Brainwashed Dupes Rally to Appease Terrorists
Someone named Kejda Gjermani writes about being among 300 to 400 people on Foley Square, Manhattan, yesterday. They were protesting the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others alleged to be...
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Peeing on the Trees
Media Matters says MSNBC actually hosted Pam Geller to explain why a mosque should not be built near the Ground Zero site. To me, this is a bit like bringing on Tom Delay to discuss ethics in...
View ArticleThe Usual Hysteria
At Salon, Joe Conason writes about the attempts by Sarah Palin and others to whip up outrage and hysteria about the Islamic center that may be built in lower Manhattan. The world’s greatest city is not...
View ArticleNo Glory
I’ve linked to this in the past, but it’s still good — “The Long Funeral” by John Homans, published in New York magazine in 2006. New Yorkers tended to want to keep 9/11 (“it happened to us”) for their...
View ArticleOctober Thoughts
I had a brief moment of near agreement with George Will when he pointed out that the 10th anniversary of September 11 was observed much more intensely than the 10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The...
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The 9/11 Truth the Truthers Helped to Hide
Must. Read. Kurt Eichenwald, “The Deafness Before the Storm.” Executive summary: In the spring and summer of 2001, the Bush Administration was given a lot more intelligence about bin Laden’s pending...
View ArticleAnother 9/11
A New York Times headline asks, “Will we always remember 9/11?” The article is about the health care and compensation programs for responders and other survivors, which Congress appears willing to let...
View ArticleFinally. This Is Why I Started Blogging
I won’t have a chance to comment on this until tomorrow, but just read this. Please. Also, something nasty going on in Paris.
View ArticleLet’s Place Blame Where It’s Due
While social and news media are, justifiably, focused on the terrorist attacks in Paris, let us not forget the incompetence that allowed 9/11 to happen. And then let us not forget how the Bush...
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The Bush Ministry of Truth
The word disgust isn’t strong enough. In a press conference today, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the administrationâ€s ongoing efforts to find Osama bin Laden, calling...
View ArticleGreat Day for America: Only 300 Brainwashed Dupes Rally to Appease Terrorists
Someone named Kejda Gjermani writes about being among 300 to 400 people on Foley Square, Manhattan, yesterday. They were protesting the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others alleged to be...
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Peeing on the Trees
Media Matters says MSNBC actually hosted Pam Geller to explain why a mosque should not be built near the Ground Zero site. To me, this is a bit like bringing on Tom Delay to discuss ethics in...
View ArticleThe Usual Hysteria
At Salon, Joe Conason writes about the attempts by Sarah Palin and others to whip up outrage and hysteria about the Islamic center that may be built in lower Manhattan. The world’s greatest city is not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No Glory
I’ve linked to this in the past, but it’s still good — “The Long Funeral” by John Homans, published in New York magazine in 2006. New Yorkers tended to want to keep 9/11 (“it happened to usâ€) for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
October Thoughts
I had a brief moment of near agreement with George Will when he pointed out that the 10th anniversary of September 11 was observed much more intensely than the 10th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 9/11 Truth the Truthers Helped to Hide
Must. Read. Kurt Eichenwald, “The Deafness Before the Storm.” Executive summary: In the spring and summer of 2001, the Bush Administration was given a lot more intelligence about bin Laden’s pending...
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