The non-remembrance of 9/11
An ever-smaller circle of people remembers 9/11, the day that marked the birth of the awful modern.
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Tag: 9/11
Todd Beamer’s final phone call
It’s wrong to let the 20th anniversary go without remembering ordinary Americans who faced sure death with extraordinary courage. I had forgotten about this amazing phone call. I think we all need to read it again so that we can fully comprehend both the evil on that day and the
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Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 hero
This post honors Rick Rescorla, an amazing man who saved thousands of lives but lost his own on 9/11. True immortality being the Divine’s purview, we humans are limited to only two types: genetics and remembrance. It is the latter that concerns me. Almost every year on 9/11, I remember
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Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, a 9/11 hero
This post honors Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, one of New York City’s heroic firefighters on 9/11. True immortality being the Divine’s purview, we humans are limited to only two types: genetics and remembrance. It is the latter that concerns me. Almost every year on 9/11, I remember three people who
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Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, a 9/11 hero
This post honors Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, one of the heroes of Flight 93. True immortality being the Divine’s purview, we humans are limited to only two types: genetics and remembrance. It is the latter that concerns me. Almost every year on 9/11, I remember three people who died that day:
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In Memoriam, September 11, 2001
I will never forget. It’s been 19 years and I still find myself deeply saddened every September 11. It’s a feeling that never goes away although, although time has lessened the raw emotion. I’ve written reams of words about 9/11 and actually find myself with nothing to say this year.
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Bernie’s embrace of gun control endangers American liberty
With Bernie rising in the polls, getting closer to controlling our government, note how he has started to demand dangerous, anti-liberty gun control. The website I Like Bernie, But… seeks to address concerns that voters might have about Bernie Sanders, and to assure them that his plans work, that he’s electable, and
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September 11, 2001: The day the world turned upside down
On September 11, terrorists not only killed 2,996 Americans, they recreated America, turning our world permanently upside down. When the British surrendered at Yorktown, myth long held that that the assembled British fifes and drums played a popular song called The World Turned Upside Down: If buttercups buzz’d after the bee,
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Bookworm Beat 4/10/19 — the flyover country edition
This discursive Bookworm Beat wanders from American black culture, to evil Leftists, to the wonders of Wal-Mart versus the horrors of socialized medicine. Everything Leftists hate about America. I’ve been spending some time of late in small town America — in Eastern Tennessee to be specific. Frankly, I can see why
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Remembering Rick Rescorla, the hero who died on 9/11
Rick Rescorla spent his entire life fighting evil and 17 years ago today, that fight culminated with his saving thousands of lives, but losing his own. This is the final entry in my annual commemoration of three victims of 9/11, each of whom died a hero, facing down evil, facing
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Remembering Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, who died 17 years ago today
This post honors Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas, one of the heroes who saved America from an even worse disaster than the attack on the Twin Towers. True immortality being the Divine’s purview, we humans are limited to only two types: genetics and remembrance. It is the latter that concerns me. Every
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Remembering Lt. Brian Ahearn, who died on this day, 17 years ago
To properly honor the dead, we must remember them — and Lt. Brian Ahearn, a New York City firefighter, is someone whom I honor every year on September 11. Every year on September 11, for the past 12 years, I’ve reprinted the memorial posts I wrote for Lt. Brian Ahearn,
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Some thoughts about Stephen Paddock and the Las Vegas massacre *UPDATED*
Since Stephen Paddock killed 59 people and injured 500 more, his motive is still a mystery. Progressives want gun control through. Let’s talk about that. Enough time has passed since news broke that Stephen Paddock committed a massacre at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas broke that the facts
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Remembrances from September 11, the day America changed
It’s been 16 years, but for those of us who remember September 11, 2001, the memories are still raw. Here’s a round-up of interesting and moving articles. These are articles and videos about September 11, both remembrances and analyses, that caught my eye during my morning reading. Some are old,
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Remembering Rick Rescorla, a hero of 9/11 (Part 3 of my 9/11 trilogy)
In Part 3 of my annual three-part 9/11 trilogy, I remember Rick Rescorla, a warrior to the bone, who saved thousands of lives but lost his own. True immortality being the Divine’s purview, we humans are limited to only two types: genetics and remembrance. It is the latter that concerns
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