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Bush was focused on one simple point: persuading his staff that he was resolute in the face of this horror. He had made the point to Cheney from Air Force One that day. He had made it again during a video conference with advisers, and during conversations with lawmakers. He returned to the theme so often, in fact, that he seemed to be trying to reassure himself--repeating the words over and over again to help summon the strength he needed so badly...
...good thing could come from this horror: it could spell the end of the age of irony. For some 30 years--roughly as long as the Twin Towers were upright--the good folks in charge of America's intellectual life have insisted that nothing was to be believed in or taken seriously. Nothing was real. With a giggle and a smirk, our chattering classes--our columnists and pop culture makers--declared that detachment and personal whimsy were the necessary tools for an oh-so-cool life. Who but a slobbering bumpkin would think, "I feel your pain"? The ironists, seeing...
...pursuit of the scoop has pushed the news cycle forward, the enormity of the tragedy is nowhere near processed or mourned. The deceit of news is its relentless disregard for what is past. But don’t let the headlines that cry for war rather than scream of horror delude you that life will ever be the same. The process of mourning has just begun, even if the news has moved...
...eyes of the international coalition against terrorism. On the other, many interpret U.S. actions as a hostile "crusade" against Islam in general. And so the secular-religious split at the heart of Pakistan manifests itself in the conversation of people on the streets and in the bazaars, who express horror at the deaths of thousands in World Trade Center, but in the next breath suggest it was all a cynical plot by Mossad to gain sympathy for Israel...
...horror of last week has had widespread effects: A poll of 1,200 adults by the Pew Research Center indicates that as many as 80 percent of adult women are feeling "depressed" following last Tuesday?s attacks. Pollsters also found that city dwellers along both coasts report a greater incidence of sleeplessness than their Midwestern peers...