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What is remembrance for?

I am just catching up with some of the news this week. Barkley RosserĀ atĀ Econospeak had a timely post on 9/11 ceremonies and reminds us about what we accept as special or inevitably normal: Things More Worthy Of Remembrance Than 9/11 Yes, what happened 11 years ago today was awful and tragic, and there is much […]

A British Response to a Terror Attack

After the London train bombings the following website and its credo went up.We are not afraid We are not afraid to ride public transportation. We are not afraid to walk down a crowded street. We are not afraid of each other. We are not afraid to say that terrorism in any form is never the […]