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...treated like second-class citizens in their own city, who have to put up with unrelenting strains of a Sinatra classic with which they can no longer identify because it has become the Yankee theme song. Think about what it will feel like for them—for us??€”when Mayor Giuliani, a lifelong Yankee fan, gives them the Bronx Bombers the key to the city and thanks them for bringing the city so much joy in its darkest hour. Ugh. Watching his courage and leadership during the past month, I’ve found myself wondering...
...that I’m just another religious person exploiting people’s emotional vulnerability after a national tragedy for my sectarian goals. I am a follower of Jesus. But let me explain why I think our emotional vulnerability is a healthy crossroads for all of us??€”under the cloak of crowd behavior, we can feel safe finally unveiling the deep loneliness and insecurity that saturates our souls under the surface of confident competence...
...escaped rejection. Our senses of self are forged by winning; it’s why these competitions that don’t need to be so difficult have so much senseless gravity attached to them. We confuse selectivity with value because that’s always been what makes us??€”and Harvard—what...
...tall buildings, having no real idea where we could go that would be safe. When we had gone just about as far as we could, we stood in a long line for a pay phone. Kristin and I also became friends with two women who stood in line with us??€”Kersten and Dee. The four of us tried to comfort one another, especially after we heard from Kristin’s phone conversation not only that the WTC crashes had been terrorist attacks, but that the Pentagon had been hit as well...
When we arrived in New Jersey, the authorities decontaminated us??€”we marched in front of them one by one, and they sprayed us with water from a hose. I didn’t feel too certain that I had been disinfected of any biological weapons, only soaked from head to toe and worried that I would catch a cold...