Essay: Simpler Worries of 2000 The orange-level security alerts make Weekend Edition essayist Julie Hauserman reminiscent of a time when all we worried about was our computers crashing at the end of the year.

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Essay: Simpler Worries of 2000

December 28, 200312:00 AM ET

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The orange-level security alerts make Weekend Edition essayist Julie Hauserman reminiscent of a time when all we worried about was our computers crashing at the end of the year.