Monthly Archives: September 2001

United Airlines got me out of Frankfurt yesterday on a nonstop to San Francisco. The security at the airport was, in a word, overwhelming. So were the lines at various checkpoints. Welcome to the future of air travel. I had … Continue reading →

The sound you hear out there is the song of nationalism. Sometimes it’s a healthy anthem. Sometimes it’s a horrific noise. Part of America’s greatness is the way we argue about policy when things really matter, when we join our … Continue reading →

AP: FBI investigating new Internet worm, thousands of computers targeted. “It’s causing enormous pain because it is at least an order of magnitude more aggressive than Code Red,” said Alan Paller, director of research at the nonprofit Sans Institute. “It’s … Continue reading →

Regarding Rory O’Connor’s suggestion that people buy small lots of stock tomorrow to show support for the financial system, an executive who works on the elecronic side of the financial system said the idea is potentially dangerous for the system. … Continue reading →

Today’s International Herald Tribune is running a New York Times story regarding a poll showing that a majority of Americans would be willing to see thousands of innocent civilians die in a military retaliation that also got the people responsible … Continue reading →

Less than an hour before a plane slammed into the World Trade Center, I was standing on the site of a long-ago battle in South Africa. A young man’s description of that day, upon which pivoted a a century of … Continue reading →

These people are protesting the trial of Fred M’membe, editor of the The Post, Zambia’s leading independent daily newspaper. M’membe was supposed to be at the Freedom Forum events I’ve been attending, but by amazing coincidence the government, which loathes … Continue reading →

We’ve been watching BBC at the hotel here this week. It’s far superior to CNN in any number of ways, but one of the most important is the news service’s distinctly worldwide reach, honed from decades of reporting the news … Continue reading →

There was a brief snippet on BBC the other day, in which Bill Clinton appeared at the armory in New York City where relatives of the missing people from the World Trade Center were looking for their loved ones, or … Continue reading →

My former colleague Rory O’Connor sent out the following: This is not an original idea, but one a colleague suggested and seemed like a brilliant one to me. On Monday, when the stock markets reopen, every American should buy five … Continue reading →