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In an address before a joint session of Congress on September 11, 1990: “It is Iraq against the world.” George H. W. Bush demands that Iraq pull out of Kuwait. Exactly eleven years later, on September, 11, 2001 a hijacker named “ATTA” takes over American Airlines flight 11, and crashes into the largest structures in America that happen to look like a giant “eleven”. I only have two questions: Why is the connection between Iraq and Al Qaeda not absolutely clear to everyone? How many ways do these people need to tell us before we get it? PS. 200 commuters...

Why Rebuild New Orleans? Whatever one may think about the corruption of a city's machine government, the rich history of a city which has given us art, culture and culinary delight, or the feasability of rebuilding in the bathtub of a swamp, there are a few facts which are undeniable: New Orleans has suffered a profound and tragic loss. 20% of the city is NOT underwater and proved it can stand a direct hit by a category 5 hurricane. As fellow American and fellow humans, we cannot turn our backs on those displaced by the tragedy. Even if it...