It is difficult to talk about the terrible tragedy that happened in New York 20 years ago today. But I suppose we must talk about it.<\/p>\n
On the one level it was a moment when a nation’s culture changed overnight. Our arguably too self-satisfied country suddenly became aware of what everybody else already knew: That the world is a very scary and uncertain place.<\/p>\n
On another level, it is a very sad and very expensive lesson in the cost of politics. If we had not made a national sport out of our President’s personal life 25 years ago, we wouldn’t have derailed that administration’s ability to protect our collective national security.<\/p>\n
But you can’t go back and change history, or give people the retrospective wisdom to avoid playing dangerous political games. The consequences of willful stupidity are unforgiving.<\/p>\n
To paraphrase Pete Seeger: When will we ever learn?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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