By Conrad C. Crane, Michael E. Lynch, Jessica J. Sheets, Douglas I. Bell, Shane P. Reilly
After the 9/11 attacks, Americans yearned for a “return to normal.” The normal they longed for was the world as it was on September 10th, or status quo ante. That was impossible, however, because the events of that day irrevocably changed the world. The new normal, the status quo post, was the world as it was after 9/11. The same must be said for