Sunday, February 19, 2006
THE WAR ON HYPE - #2 of 3 / The deadly terror lurking around the corner may not be such a big, ominous threat after all
"Americans receive a steady stream of warnings and alarms about new and horrific perils that await them. Pandemics, dirty bombs, cyber attacks, bioterror and other exotic threats are always on the verge of being unleashed onto a shamefully unprepared republic. Yet, judging from statistics on life expectancy, violent deaths and war, we live in much less perilous times than any generation before us."
