People have already been asking

People have already been asking me how things here appear to be different after the events of 11 September. There have to be at least two answers to that question. Of course there are the obvious changes: more flags flying, drivers seem to be a bit more polite, etc. That’s all very cool, but the interesting stuff, which is also the part hardest to adjust to, is the potential long term subtle change to the American psyche. Everyone who is here underwent the transformation together. Maybe I did too, as I was surrounded by Americans at the time, but it will be tough to tell what its all about for a while.