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September 11 Terrorist Attacks

11. The National Character

by Earl Shorris,

From the Forum “Undoing Bush” The undoing of the American character has a long history. It took more than half a century from a summer’s day in August, when the…

Whitewash as Public Service

by Benjamin DeMott,

How The 9/11 Commission Report defrauds the nation

The Bin Laden Defense

by Pablo Mercado,

The following conversation between Bobby Fischer and radio host Pablo Mercado was broadcast September 11, 2001 on the Philippine radio station Bombo Radyo. In 1972, Fischer became the first American…

American Jihad

by Lewis H. Lapham,

In the Ruins of the Future

by Don DeLillo,

Reflections on terror and loss in the shadow of September

September 11 Terrorist Attacks

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11. The National Character

Whitewash as Public Service

The Bin Laden Defense

American Jihad

In the Ruins of the Future

December 2001

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