Marginalia

December, 2007

FROM AN EDITORIAL in the Philadelphia Daily News by Stu Bykovsky:"Because we have mislaid 9/11, we have endless sideshow squabbles about whether the surge is working, ifwe are 'safer' now, whether the FBI should listen in on foreign phonecalls, whether cops should detain odd-acting 'flying imams,' whether those plot­ting alleged attacks on Fort Dix or Ken­nedy airport are serious threats or amateur bumblers.We bicker over the trees while the forest is ablaze. America's fabric is pulling apa...