The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have developed a mythology all their own. They were not the first such attacks on American soil, they did not “change everything,” and they were not entirely unexpected. The facts and circumstances surrounding America’s deadliest terrorist attack are interesting and important enough on their own without being clouded by […]

In late 2000, a horrifying news story came out of Russia: A grandmother was arrested for trying to sell her five-year-old grandson Andrei. Police said that the grandmother told the boy he was going to Disneyland. With the help of the boy’s uncle, little Andrei was handed over to a man in exchange for $90,000. […]