September 11th, 2007
Tuesday Afternoon, 9/11
For the first time the anniversary falls on a Tuesday.
Tuesday six years ago was a crisp, clear day in New York. Today the pall of Mordor has issued forth, oppressing the city, and one daydreams of the Shire.
It seems that September 11 has supplanted July 4 as our national day.
What then has supplanted the Declaration of Independence?
The Patriot Act?
Has the country been born again?
What does its future look like, when the hearts & minds stray from the day the Declaration was signed to embrace a martial defeat that breeds ever more momentous defeats?
The remainder of this rather lengthy piece, enhanced with many a curious link, has been filed elsewhere – click here to read.
And then please feel happy to post comments below.
Peter says:
Hello, Bill.
A great screed. Sadly, most of it is true.
Come out to Long Island sometime.
September 28th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Oarwell says:
Incredibly cogent, laser-precise hyperpamphlet. Well done.
What becomes of us once Cassandra is believed, exhaustively documented, but no one cares?
The Wasteland. April is the cruelest month.
February 10th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Drew says:
Re-reading this over a half-year since it was published, I am again impressed by its deftly spun historical kaleidoscope. A book’s worth of ideas, relentlessly annotated and framed with courage, ruefulness and poetry.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:09 am