Discuss “Anniversaries”

There’s a reason that people celebrate anniversaries. Whether it’s something good or something bad, annual commemorations give us the opportunity for reflection. This week, I had four anniversaries, and I’d like to point out something about each of them.

I’ll start with the one that everyone is aware of: the anniversary of September 11. Even three years after the attacks, we are still feeling their impact. There are hundreds of remains from the World Trade Center that still haven’t been identified. Even more damaging than that loss, if such a thing is possible, is the loss of our naivet? as a nation. Terror was something far away, happening in countries like Israel or Yemen, or else an isolated incident like the...