Editorial August 19, 2002 Issue

Is the "new normal" really new—or normal?

Editor

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, the term "the new normal" has come to identify the point where we are in history—a world coping with heightened security, increased suspicions of others, racial profiling of Middle Eastern men in airports, and general fear and apprehension. For some people, these fears are debilitating, causing them to change travel plans, avoid public transportation and crowded places, and even experience sleep disorders. Perceptions about this "new normal" are further colored by the graphic images we all carry around in our thoughts of the collapsing World Trade Center; the destruction at the Pentagon, and the crash site in Pennsylvania.

Can we summon the intelligence and spiritual sinew to meet these fears and suspicions head-on?

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