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...hardened the soft targets and stored some water and a flashlight, we try to move on as though nothing fundamental has been lost, head down the road in our gas-guzzling cars and not mind if there's a checkpoint along the way. The Fourth of July fireworks in Omaha, Neb., this summer culminated first in a proud, fiery, red-white-and-blue U.S.A., then in rockets that formed smiley faces, then peace symbols. Which mood best fits the moment? Berkeley, Calif., the antiwar town, is busy promulgating laws that would ban coffee that's not environmentally friendly. The most...
...debate now has a natural geography. Washington is on a war footing, unless you call machine-gun squads near the Mall normal. Lower Manhattan has become hallowed ground, like Omaha Beach or Gettysburg. But elsewhere most people say the fear has largely passed or congealed into superstitions. A Chicago mom still won't take her kids to visit Dad in his Sears Tower office. People stay awake when they fly. Some Florida school districts have lifted the ban on cell phones, under pressure from parents who want to be able to reach their kids at any time. We have banned...
Want to put a face on the case for investing now? Try Warren Buffett's. In the past few weeks the fabled Omaha, Neb., investor has provided hundreds of millions in financing to telecom firm Level 3 Communications and energy firm Williams Companies. He bought a jewel of a natural-gas pipeline from Dynegy at the fire-sale price of $928 million. More illuminating: Buffett advertised himself as a buyer, telling the Wall Street Journal that "if I got a call this afternoon and somebody offered me A, B or C--securities, assets or a business--and it looked like...
...work longer. And since people remain clothed during a chair massage, the message such a gift sends can't be misconstrued. "It's a thank-you that says, 'I care about your well-being,'" says Elizabeth Schueneman, president of Em-space, a six-member graphic-design firm in Omaha, Neb., which a massage therapist visits once a month...
Other countries have suffered terrorist attacks and catastrophic natural disasters. But now that it is America that is suffering, it means the end of the world? How self-centered can we be? MICHAEL SHOUSE Omaha...