Rising with the smoke of 9/11 By Michael J. Thompson State and Local Editor September 12, 2003 Two years ago on September 11, I stared in disbelief at the television watching two towers come crashing down. On that fateful Tuesday morning it became clear to me what was unfolding. I had been taught in high school and in my first month at college that multiculturalism was one of America's greatest attributes and strengths, yet this conflicted with what the billowing smoke over the Big Apple skyline was telling me. The lies I had been taught died hard that day, as...