In the summer of 2010, a strange controversy ignited around a proposal to build an Islamic community center roughly two blocks from the former World Trade Center site. The design for the facility included a prayer room, but also a …
Continue reading Posted in Culture, Essays, Religion | Tagged decline, Faulkner, guilt, September 11 | Leave a commentOn September 11, 2001, just as I finished my breakfast, I received a call from a friend who knew I lived without a TV…
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