20 years after 9/11, the country is sharply divided—so much so that basic tenets of reality are now matters of heated political controversy.
can now only recall with an ache of nostalgia. Far from bringing Americans together around shared values, the last twenty years have seen the country cleaved apart—so much so that basic tenets of reality and common sense are now matters of heated political controversy.
There’s been progress and cause for optimism in those years, to be sure. But there has also been a prevailing mood of pessimism hanging over the country, as a newreleased Wednesday underscored. A vast majority say the 9/11 attacks changed America, and far more respondents than not—46% to 33%—say the country has changed for the worse.
“While Americans had a shared sense of anguish after Sept. 11, the months that followed also were marked by rare spirit of public unity,” as
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