Ten Years and Counting

I just heard Mark Steyn, subbing for Rush, call the hole in the ground at Ground Zero in New York City a national disgrace, and he's right. I've been of that opinion for years, most recently at the barber shop two days ago. My barber had no idea that The Empire State Building was put up in eighteen months and he found the fact truly astonishing. We were once a country that, when we put our mind to it, could get things done, quickly and effectively. Ten years later at Ground Zero, nothing. This weekend we will endure a lot of weepy, whiny, PC-style memorializing (along with, I'm sure, some well-done and truly moving moments) but as long as Ground Zero remains unbuilt, I find it hard to believe that, as a nation, we truly understand the event or are serious about remembering it.