DEREK THOMPSON
[Winter 2007, Volume VII]
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Seth Green was in Princeton, New Jersey, to say goodbye to friends before leaving for a two-year postgraduate program in England.  Hours later, four hijacked jetliners crashing along the East coast stunned the world and cast Green’s send-off in shock and solemnity.
When he arrived in England, Green could not have anticipated his new classmates’ reactions. The shockwaves from 9/11 rippled across the Atlantic and outpourings of sympathy for the United States’ tragedy found new homes in Europe, especially in …

“There is always good news, but it has been drowned out by the bad news.”