What Have We Learned?
The Brian Lehrer Show looks at what we know now that we didn’t know on the morning of September 11th, 2001.
Lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001 as seen from Jersey City (wallyg/flickr)
As we approach the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we’re taking the opportunity to look back and ask ourselves, “What Have We Learned?”. Over the course of the next month we’ll ask that question on different topics and on different levels, about the policies, the politics, and the personal.
From the Archives:
Michael Bronner, Vanity Fair writer - on his access to NORAD's tapes from September 11th
Marian Fontana, president of the 9-11 Widows' and Victims' Families Association and author, A Widow's Walk: A Memoir of 9/11 (Simon & Schuster 2005) - on her new memoir about September 11th and the loss of her husband Dave, a firefighter who died that day
Elaine Scarry, professor of English at Harvard University - says top-down hierarchies may actually be worse than a more democratic system in handling an emergency situation
Recently in What Have We Learned?
What Have We Learned: Environmental Effects of 9/11
Thursday, September 07, 2006
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Dr. Jacqueline Moline, principal investigator of the WTC Monitoring & Treatment Program at Mt. Sinai;
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David M. Newman, hygienist, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
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What Have We Learned: Muslims in America
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
-talks about life for American Muslims in the post 9/11 world.
» Mecca and Main ...
What Have We Learned: Wahhabism and Militant Islam
Friday, September 01, 2006
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Charles Allen, historian of the British colonial ...
What Have We Learned: Cities at Risk
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the United States Department of Homeland Security, director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Initiative, and author, Open Target : Where America is Vulnerable to ...
What Have We Learned About Osama bin Laden?
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
- discusses what we have learned about Osama bin Laden in the last five years
» Peter Bergen's website
What Have We Learned? The Costs of the War on Terror
Monday, August 14, 2006
- argues we should declare victory in the War on Terror
» Read the follow-ups to "Declaring Victory" from The Atlantic Monthly
What Have We Learned: Memorial
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
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Michael J. Lewis, teaches at Williams College, ...
What Have We Learned? The Bush Administration's Response
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
-on what we have learned about the Bush Administration’s response to 9/11 in the 5 years since the attacks
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