The Deleted Scenes - The Day Before
I have a piece coming out soon on 9/11, which transpired when I was eight years old. I’ll be writing about how at the time it was sort of abstract and curious to me—terrorists flying airplanes into buildings was no more “real” to me than imagining my toy soldiers as cowboys and Indians or Nazis and GIs. It was only years later that it sort of settled in that our country was different, permanently. That’s one reason I have understood the concern that COVID measures will never quite go away, though they have, and I thought they were necessary. Nonetheless, there seems to be something to the idea that it easier to lose liberties than to gain them back, and easier to grow government than to shrink it... Subscribe to The Deleted Scenes to read the rest.Become a paying subscriber of The Deleted Scenes to get access to this post and other subscriber-only content. A subscription gets you:
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New and Old #74
Friday, September 9, 2022
Friday roundup and commentary
Day(s) at the Museum
Thursday, September 8, 2022
And a few interesting display cards and various thoughts
Nothing to Write Home About
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #74
Suburbia Was a Housing Program
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
We use to understand that housing construction was in the public interest
Day Off
Monday, September 5, 2022
Enjoy the moment we're in right now, and happy Labor Day
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