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Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment: Opinion Columnists

Rocky Mountain News - Denver and Colorado's reliable source for breaking news, sports and entertainment: Opinion Columnists
For nearly six years now we've been hearing from politicians and pundits about how Sept. 11, 2001 "changed everything." One especially unwelcome change wrought by that day has been that, ever since, large numbers of otherwise sane and sensible people continue to utter the most ridiculous things regarding the subject of terrorism.
Consider a column last week by The Washington Post's David Ignatius. Ignatius wonders how the nation would react to a future terrorist attack. "Would the country come together to combat its adversaries," he asks, "or would it pull farther apart?"

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