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Bill Clinton deserves huge kudos for this: Clinton’s 50-minute speech, which started about an hour behind schedule, was derailed briefly by several hecklers in the audience who shouted that the 2001 terrorist attacks were a fraud. Rather than ignoring them, Clinton seemed to relish a direct confrontation. “A fraud? No, it wasn’t a fraud,” Clinton [...]

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This is the beginning of yet another must-read Mark Steyn column: This year I marked the anniversary of Sept. 11 by driving through Massachusetts. It wasn’t exactly planned that way, just the way things panned out. So, heading toward Boston, I tuned to Bay State radio talk-show colossus Howie Carr and heard him reading out [...]

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Truther madness has invaded Germany at the highest levels: one of the government-run TV stations ran an “investigative” show that examined whether it was OBL or the US government that took down the Twin Towers and tried to destroy the Pentagon and other buildings in D.C.: Have you heard this one before? Jupp says to [...]

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I offer no comment, just the story: STUDENTS at Madrone High School in San Rafael put together a “peace flag” Tuesday in memory of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Each student received the afternoon off to decorate a square of fabric with a message of peace. An administrative assistant at [...]

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Betty Ong was one of the flight attendants who died on 9/11. She was also a native San Franciscan. Since 1994, a large mural in San Francisco’s Chinatown has celebrated the Chinese in San Francisco. In 2003, the site’s owners and the artist added a tribute to Ms. Ong to that mural. And since then, [...]

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Lorie Byrd has written a thoughtful article about the lessons we’ve learned from 9/11 and, more importantly, the lessons we keep ignoring.  She was kind enough to link to one of my posts on the subject, which I really appreciate.  She sees, as I do, an overwhelming tension between those who think 9/11 was a [...]

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We say we won’t forget, but we do. We forget when we get up in the morning and hustle the kids off to school. And we forget when we rush through our morning ablutions and throw ourselves in the work of the day. We forget when we stand in the bright sunlight, on a broad [...]

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At American Digest, you can read a lovely essay about 9/11, the day the smoke rose in the sky. I’m especially envious of its beauty because, as we near the Sixth Anniversary of that day, I find myself with nothing to say. As always, I mourn the dead, but I also mourn the death of [...]

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