I don’t feel like stringing together a cogent, cohesive, articulate column today. It takes a lot of work to string together a narrative—to hook you with the first few words, and then slowly reel you in, keeping a steady tension on the line, from first word to last. Sometimes, in lieu of telling a story,
While The World Looked Away
Our nation’s collective attention has been on the death of Osama bin Laden for the last couple of weeks. It has nearly consumed us, dominating the coverage on our 24-hour news networks. It has overwhelmed us in our social-networking circles. It seems to be all that our friends, neighbors and co-workers have been talking about.








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