Tag Archives: 9/11
Builders, not destroyers
As we commemorate 9/11, Leon Wieseltier of The New Republic offers an affirmation of principles: that we wish to be known, to ourselves and to the world, by the liberty that we offer, axiomatically, as a matter of right, to … Continue reading
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Ten years on
We heard the first boom and didn’t think much of it — perhaps a van or garbage truck or some other anonymous vehicle backfiring outside our Brooklyn apartment. Maybe it rattled our windows, shut against the heat. Maybe the sound … Continue reading
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Now we’ll have to dance for one more of us
I’m healthy, as far as I know. And I fully intend to live as long a life as I possibly can, with my wife at my side, savoring years of love and laughter, watching our daughter grow and embrace her … Continue reading
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A little revenge
What a day. So much has happened since Osama bin Laden and his minions wreaked death and devastation on my city. And America has certainly done some shameful things in response, things I wish we could take back; 9/11 changed … Continue reading
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The infinite city, cont’d: never the whole story
Two videos about New York that nearly gave me whiplash, viewing one right after the other: almost like seeing the city’s conscious and unconscious. City of reinvention and progress, city of ruins and decay; the glittering surface and the unseen … Continue reading
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“We don’t differentiate between them and us. It’s just us.”
What he said. That’s it, right there. That’s America. Or at least it’s the undying dream of what America can be: what Bruce Springsteen has called “the country we carry in our hearts.” And it’s worth striving for. And that’s … Continue reading
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Land of the living
In remembrance of those who died on 9/11, a song by Lucy Kaplansky. The last verse, especially, is still painfully relevant. The site is indeed hallowed ground, but not the way the demagogues think. We’re better than this bigotry and … Continue reading
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