When judging the nation’s character, the media tend to gravitate toward its loudest voices, its most extreme measures, its deepest grudges. The result is a loss of […]
Tag: 9/11
Bipartisanship following 9/11 seems remote today
by Carl P. Leubsdorf It’s been two decades since that horrific morning when an assault from the sky caused New York’s two iconic towers to erupt in […]
Sept. 11, 2001-21: 20 years of grief
The average college student has no true memory of Sept. 11, 2001. Neither do current high school, middle school or elementary school students. They were too young […]
Muslim chaplain recalls terrorist attack aftermath at the Pentagon
by Diane Bell “Unimaginable” was how Army Chaplain Abdul-Rasheed Muhammad described the carnage at the Pentagon after militant Islamic terrorists commandeered and crashed an American Airlines jet […]
Honoring the heroes of 9/11
Fear is an invaluable human instinct that perpetuates our survival. Without fear, we would make any number of potentially fatal decisions each day — walk into traffic, […]
Recall that Rudy Giuliani had a finest hour
Rudolph Giuliani was always somewhat off-center, even in his glory days as New York City mayor. But people who recall him then were stunned by his decline […]
It’s shocking how easily it all comes back
It was a day that did not end. It went on for days, it went on for weeks, it went on for years. But then you look […]
Guest essay: Teaching about Sept. 11 in America
by Joseph M. Mazgaj In 2011, my students asked me about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. The class had a lot of questions about al-Qaeda and […]
Westwood Middle School to hold 9/11 event highlighting locals with first-hand experience of attacks
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Westwood Middle School will hold a 9/11 remembrance and memorial event today, the 18th anniversary of the attacks. Social studies teachers told students […]
