At 35, I thought I understood America. Then came Sept. 11.

Twenty-five years ago, I thought I understood America. I was 35 years old, Washington bureau chief for The Detroit News, living in an apartment on 16th Street and working out of the National Press Building in downtown D.C. The post At 35, I thought I understood America. Then came Sept. 11. first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times.

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