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See and Hear No Evil
Sweeping terrorism under the Oriental rug. Also: Migrating toward Mitt. Shopping sprees. Defending Ms. magazine. Plus more.
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WHAT! ME WORRY?!
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Re: Philip Klein’s
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Terrorism To See Here
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“Quite simply, they don’t think terrorism is a big deal.”
p>Gee, then they haven’t been on an airplane lately, have they? We’re now flying the scary skies and it’s a jungle up there. br> — Linda Coffman br> Author, Fodor’s The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises br> Augusta, Georgia /p>Philip Klein and your readers should be paying more attention to people such as Matthew Yglesias and Ronald Bailey. They are right. The entire power of a terrorist act is in the fear that it generates. Terrorists have no standing armies. They can’t occupy territory. All they can do is create fear. And this fear is what keeps them in power.
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