Immigration And The World Trade Center
In September 1929, “the Roaring Twenties,” “the Era of Wonderful Nonsense,” of sex, booze and jazz, ended with the stock market crash that began the Great Depression. There followed the “low dishonest decade” of poet W. H. Audens depiction, as Western statesmen sought to appease their way to security and peace.
On Sept. 11, 2001, as the 767s smashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing 5,000 Americans, another unserious era of sex scandals and stock market silliness came to an end.
Recall, if you will, the summer of 2001. The story that had CNN, MSNBC and FOX News transfixed was the saga of Gary Condit. Nightly, talk-show hosts demanded answers to the great questions: Why did Gary throw away the watch box Where did stewardess Anne Marie Smith spend her D.C. nights By Sept. 11, the story seemed about to end in a great courtroom drama, with Anne Marie charging Gary with libel ? for denying she committed adultery.
What will the decade be remembered for The Trial of O. J. Who killed Jon-Benet Ramsey The Oval Office trysts of Bill and Monica Condit summer Meanwhile, not to worry about the world. For America
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