Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: terrorism

  • My 9/11 memory

    I’ve meant to tell the story of my 9/11 experience for years. As I’m sure it is for most Americans, the memory comes with considerable sadness and some pain, so I keep putting it off. Now here’s the 20th anniversary of that terrible day and I still haven’t done it. So I’m writing it now.…

  • On safety and security

    If you live a middle-class or better lifestyle in a first-world country, you are overwhelmingly safe from harm. Here’s why.

  • I hate what domestic terrorism has done to our country

    In 1993 on my first visit to DC I walked unannounced into the US Capitol. Thanks to domestic terrorism you can’t do that anymore. It’s a shame. Here are photos from my 1993 visit.

  • On safety and security

    If you live a middle-class or better lifestyle in a first-world country, you are overwhelmingly safe from harm. Here’s why.

  • 12 years hence

    My family was spending most of the week living in an extended-stay hotel while a crew of plumbers were replacing all the pipes under the money pit we called home. My wife was leaving the hotel late in the evening to sleep in the house to keep our dogs and cats company. I chose a…