We Need More Than Duct Tape
The magic material turned into a household deity by Garrison Keillor (and manufactured these days mostly by the infamous Tyco Corp.) adhered to the country’s consciousness last week, as if it were the only thing holding the world in place. But as a metaphor for coping with terrorism, it keeps coming unstuck–another sign of the on-again, off-again feelings of anxiety and complacency that sheltered Americans are just learning to handle....