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Is it Luck? - The Questions Raised by the Events of September 11, 2001
It is almost 20 months since the tragedy of September 11, 2001. The questions raised by these events have yet to be adequately examined in the U.S. by a public inquiry. The opposition of the Bush administration to the needed public inquiry has posed the significant obstacle. This is all the more of an indictment of the Bush administration when it has used the mantra of September 11 to make war on dissent and civil liberties at home, and on civilian populations and governments abroad.
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"It seems to me that the idea of a personal God is an anthropological concept which I cannot take seriously. I also cannot imagine some will or goal outside the human sphere. Science has been charged with undermining morality, but the charge is unjust. A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death
— Albert Einstein
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