Matt Frei’s diary: The Noughties

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As the first decade of the 21st Century clatters to a close, some of us have been wondering how best to sum up the Noughties.

The name is unfortunate because naughty is probably one adjective that doesn’t spring to mind unless you see everything through the prism of one particular golfer.

Time magazine has called the 00s The Decade from Hell. That seems a little unkind. After all, it hasn’t been that bad for China, India or TV personality Simon Cowell. Perhaps we should just call the decade unnerving or unsettling or even unhinged.

9/11 was THE signature event that set the tone. But I don’t buy the idea that the overarching phenomenon of this decade has been the conflict between Lady Liberty and the forces of extremism.

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