Between Freedom and Fear

I'm in New York for an ACLU new staff orientation at their big downtown office. If I look left out of my hotel room window I can see the Statue of Liberty. If I look right I can see Ground Zero.

UPDATE: Training in New York was followed by the ACLU Membership Conference in DC. Phillip Glass, Deborah Harry and Maxi Priest performed at the conference dinner. I ended up discussing drug policy with Maxi Priest after the show (seriously).

In my office of twelve, there are three Daniels. As you can see from the picture below, we are difficult to tell apart so I have become known as D3 at work. Here we are working hard at the conference: