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The Roman Empire pioneered war as a march of folly. And America is just the latest one to follow Rome’s primrose path. Only that explains it trying to build Afghanistan in its Jeffersonian image. Meanwhile, 9/11 commemorations have become more like boring, ritualized Church services than the solemn occasions they once were. Read more.
Many Americans are just too jingoistic to concede the Taliban won this 20-year war. But the way the Taliban presided over America’s humiliating retreat from Kabul last month betrays the truth. As it happened, here is how I declared the Taliban (and their al-Qaeda hired guns) the winner on 9/11 … 10 years ago: If… Read more.
I am loath to abuse my standing as the deprogrammed son of an evangelical preacher man. But I am moved by the Holy Spirit (heehee) to at least acknowledge this seminal religious trend (and this is Holy Week after all): Americans’ membership in houses of worship continued to decline last year, dropping below 50% for… Read more.
9/11 changed the way we travel. Covid-19 will change the way we live. And I shudder to think just how … But it does not bode well that Covid-19 is dividing us as much as 9/11 united us. More to the point, 9/11 had us mourning and commiserating over the loss of 3000. But Covid-19… Read more.
I applaud NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for decreeing this week that, henceforth, the area where the twin towers were destroyed shall no longer be called ‘Ground Zero.’ Instead, it shall revert to its original name, The World Trade Center. But I urge him to decree also that, henceforth, the city shall no longer mark this… Read more.
September 2001 was allegedly witness to one of the strangest road trips in history: Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marlon Brando driving from New York to Ohio in an attempt to get home [to California] following the 9/11 terrorist attacks… The saga is now being dramatised in a one-off special for Sky Arts, starring Joseph… Read more.
I applaud NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for decreeing this week that, henceforth, the area where the twin towers were destroyed shall no longer be called ‘Ground Zero.’ Instead, it shall revert to its original name, The World Trade Center. But I urge him to decree also that, henceforth, the city shall no longer mark this… Read more.
I applaud NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg for decreeing this week that, henceforth, the area where the twin towers were destroyed shall no longer be called ‘Ground Zero.’ Instead, it shall revert to its original name, The World Trade Center. But I urge him to decree also that, henceforth, the city shall no longer mark this… Read more.
