[...] Among the targets mentioned was the Statue of Liberty. So, naturally enough, New York's governor, George Pataki, went right to the Statue of Liberty to prove either that the report was false or that he was invisible.

Or maybe to demonstrate courage and to stick it in the eye of the bastards by letting them know that we will not be intimidated. Kind of like saying, “I got your target right heah,” in a New York state of mind.

As always in these matters, we were told that we could not allow the terrorists to intimidate us. We must go about our daily business, which includes, for some reason, a visit to the Statue of Liberty.

Uh, maybe because it was explicitly called out as a target?

We denizens of Amity are confused.

If I could get Richard to do one thing for the good of mankind it would be to stop using the royal we in his columns.

Soon, the time will come when we will pay no heed to any alerts, regardless of color, and walk into situations we could have avoided. It's also likely that the police will themselves tire of the constant warnings and relax their vigil.

Yes, it’s called human nature. Not that an illiberal utopian would recognize it even when it jumps up and bites him in the ass.[...]