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...said. My friend is a photographer. She had been chilling out at Hempfest, a “smokeout love-in” at Boston Common. Four skaters walked by her, each holding a corner of an enormous American flag. My friend was so taken by this sight that she readied her camera. Just then, a man ran up from out of nowhere and kicked her in the head. He screamed, “Fucking Russians. What are they doing here? They shouldn’t be here.” On the grassy field, a couple “Make...
Bullet holes riddle the walls of mosques in Florida and Texas. Hate graffiti and broken glass litter the sight of many Muslim-owned businesses around the country. At numerous American colleges, Muslim students have received death threats. An acquaintance of mine, who has first and last names of Arab derivation, was fired without explanation from his hardware store job last week, two days after the attack...
...realize that, by writing this, I run the risk of sounding as callous and jaded as those who dislike the sight of American flags hanging from every window. I spent the first 18 years of my life in New York City, and no matter what I call my “official residence,” I will always be a New Yorker at heart. I mourn for my hometown along with the rest of the country, and wish to see those responsible brought to justice. If that means military action...
Some said it was the news that the Pentagon was getting close to showtime - fighter jets are being moved to the Gulf, deployment orders issued, a military response starting to take shape. Some said the sight of Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin shoulder-to-shoulder again and talking with congressional leaders about how to save the economy stirred a rush of Proustian memories of those golden, olden days of the late '90s, when bankers fought the wars and soldiers stayed home...
...Some called it the capitalist equivalent of sinking a 30-foot putt for a triple bogey, and merely shook their heads. But the same technical-minded folks who hate the sight of a downward staircase were feeling mighty good about the spike at the bottom of the three-day slide. To them, it looked like the sellers had gotten tired of selling, tired of assuming the worst about corporate earnings and capital investment, tired of worrying about how far consumer confidence will have fallen when the first post-disaster reports hit the Street. Tired of fear...