Timothy Noah, Why No More 9/11s?, slate.com, 2009

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• First published: March 5, 2009.
• Why the dire predictions of a 9/11 sequel proved untrue and reviewing the literature on this question. Eight prevailing theories whose implications range from fairly reassuring to deeply worrying.

1. The Terrorists-Are-Dumb theory.
2. The Near-Enemy theory.
3. The Melting-Pot theory.
4. The Burden-Of-Success theory.
5. The Flypaper theory.
6. The He-Kept-Us-Safe theory.
7. The Electoral-Cycles theory.
8. The Time-Space theory.