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...more humbling path to power than this? The candidate with the perfect bloodlines comes to office amid charges that his is a bastard presidency, sired not by the voters but by the courts. You could almost see the weight of it, the regret and relief and resolve, when Bush rose last Wednesday night with tears in his eyes and promised, "I will work to earn your respect," all but admitting it does not just come with the job when you win this way. But could anyone possibly use this to greater advantage than George W. Bush? "I believe things happen...
...awoke with a jolt. Overnight, this land of "bowling alone," of Internet introversion, of fractious multiculturalism developed an extraordinary solidarity--a vast outpouring of charity and volunteering; a suppression of partisanship and ethnic division; a coalescing behind resolute national leadership anchored by a new, untested President who rose extraordinarily to the occasion...
...next day, history rose up and growled. And with that the testing began. Sometimes the greater the tragedy, the easier it is to learn wrong lessons from it: truth turns into myth, mortals into heroes, luck into fate, scars into badges. It is hard for the fire fighters, brave as they are, to be greeted as heroes everywhere they go, proposed to in bars, showered with gifts, when in private they know that many of them cannot sleep and cannot think and cannot find words longer than two syllables, and on the days they don't wake up feeling terrible...
There's good news too. The recession, which began in March and was officially declared on Nov. 26, already appears to be lifting. Last week came reports that housing starts and permits rose sharply in November. Home-builder stocks, classic early movers, have been on a tear. With the end in sight, here are some lasting lessons from an odd economic downturn...
...things going for it that may not last. The war in Afghanistan went swimmingly, with the Taliban crumbling at every turn and al-Qaeda troops scattering to the four winds (and some U.S. detention camps). The stock market - no doubt drawing heavily on the feel-good war news - rose about as fast and as steadily as the Taliban fell. And for those in a reflective mood, who couldn't feel confident about 2002 being better than 2001? Why, it's just...