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Some finale, huh? Kurt Andersen on the arc of Osama bin Laden, and how our need to see the world through stories shapes the way those stories end.

… unleash something unpleasant, if distressingly familiar, in the American public.

Al Qaeda doesn’t care who’s president.

The founding fathers saw this coming, but the walls they erected to contain the mob may no longer hold.

As the economic sky seems to be falling, and we each and all hunker down to survive as best we can, I think New Yorkers really do and will derive some consolation from our very physical togetherness.

It’s a kind of religion. but one rooted in a deep faith in rationality. Last week, New York rejoiced in its promise. And sang the National Anthem in the streets.

In this terrifying, giddy fall, our days are numbered like never before. And somewhere between the polls and the Dow lies destiny.

In 1968, many New Yorkers were panicked about the city’s future too. Needlessly, as it turned out.

McCain and Obama seem like funny guys, so why are their campaigns anything but?

The commentariat Russert leaves behind has never been larger, or louder. But is it really any more powerful?