As I understand the WTC structure, it was built like a tree with center concrete pillars being like the trunk and each floor hung onto the pillars.

So like dominoes, I can believe it came down much like some of the trees came down in the ice storm that occurred a few years ago here.

Columbia’s President Bollinger should be ashamed of himself for personifying the “ugly American” to the world. The university should not invite him to speak if they are going to vilify him. Nothing is gained but further tension between our two countries.

There are tactful ways to confront people we disagree with but apparently the “Bush effect” has spread throughout the land and now our accepted way of interacting with foreigners is to ridicule and threaten them whenever we get the chance.