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...everything valid. Thirty years ago, was the world really that different?Today, the Red Scare has been replaced by radical Islam and nuclear proliferation. Look at the news, and you’ll find that every large issue in America is related to security in some way. The Dubai port deal, the war on terror, immigration, the Mexican border, and even Fox News’ obsessive forays into random murders, all illustrate this. People are concerned about security because they feel insecure. And so, just as the Argentine society supported the military in 1976, Americans today are too willing...
Last week, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and real estate developer Larry Silverstein restarted the on-again off-again negotiations over control of Ground Zero. The last round ended a couple of weeks before with the future of the new World Trade Center still in limbo and the planned April groundbreaking for the so-called Freedom Tower still in doubt. For four and half years now, the debate over Ground Zero has always been colorful - with "greedy" the preferred insult thrown around - but it hasn't been easy to keep up with all the legal, political...
...truth, Pataki. Technically, it's the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that literally owns Ground Zero. But the Port Authority's board is controlled by the governors of New York and New Jersey, and Pataki has been the frontman for the World Trade Center's reconstruction. Still, thanks to his lease on the site, Silverstein himself holds the most important card...
...Port Authority officials would like Silverstein to give up some portion of the project, in particular the Freedom Tower, while Silverstein would retain the choice sites for the three most lucrative towers, but the haggling has continued over, among other matters, how much of the infrastructure costs he would have to bear and how much rent he will have to pay. Silverstein is also reportedly holding out for a $100 million "developers...
...That's easier said than done. Removing Silverstein would mean a protracted legal fight that would likely only push back the already delayed finish date for the WTC. At least some members of the Port Authority commission would prefer to buy the entire project back, though Silverstein would surely drive a very hard bargain. For now both sides are back at the table, and the Freedom Tower's completion date has been pushed back...