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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

I have written the New York City subway system a few times over the years.

As a result, I have some idea of the frustration felt by hundreds of passengers who were stranded

the evening of August 29th when a power outage disrupted half of the system for several hours.

It turns out, the shutdown was likely caused by

someone accidentally pressing an emergency power off button. How could this happen? The plastic

guard designed to prevent accidental activation was missing. Apparently, no one thought to replace

the guard until it was needed.

By then, it was too late.

Let's consider this story as a cultural parable.

On this day in 2001, a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. In his remarks,

President George W. Bush stated, Today we feel what Franklin Roosevelt called the warm courage

of national unity. This is a unity of every faith and every background. It has joined together

political parties in both houses of Congress. It is

evident in services of prayer and candlelight vigils and American flags which are displayed in

pride and wave and defiance. Our unity is a kinship of grief and a steadfast resolve to prevail

against our enemies. President Bush was right.

In those days, our nation was united in grief for those we lost, and a common resolve to defeat our common enemy.

Our enemies were external, threatening America from distant shores. By contrast, with the coronavirus pandemic,

our enemy is a virus that weaponizes us against each other. The next person we meet can infect

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