You may have heard that they wanted to hold that big terrorism trial in downtown Manhattan, in what would no doubt be a lively courthouse at the southern tip of the island on which I and my family live.
You wouldn’t think that this event – with its attendant NYPD checkpoints, rooftop sniper guards, and overall sense of not telling yourself over and over that a suicide bomber intent on destruction is going to succeed no matter what the police erect – would have much to do with Alex’s junior high school. But like a drop of dishwashing soap dripped into a pan of greasy water, the event has caused the NYC Department of Education to move as many schoolchilden as possible from what could be a new Ground Zero. That in turn has caused new crowding in many schools up the length of Manhattan...
at jeffslife.tripod.com/alextheboy
