Nuremberg trial in New York City
“I believe this is the best symbolic answer to 9/11: a trial, with due process, after tempers have calmed somewhat, that exposes this evil for all it truly was. And also reveals the tragedy of an...
View ArticleOther events had bigger global impact
“9/11, for all its tragic and heroic drama, is an easy event to overestimate,” says David J. Rothkopf in Foreign Policy. Instead of focusing on 9/11 as we mark the ten-year anniversary, Rothkopf lists...
View ArticleHistory has taught us if we will learn
September 11, 2001 was an especially painful day in American history, but from it we can salvage some important lessons, says Ralph Nader in USA Today. Among them, we should never permit Congress to...
View ArticleArmed forces more nimble after 9/11
“Much has changed since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but few American institutions have changed as much as the military,” says Fred Kaplan in Slate. The military has learned to be flexible, adapt,...
View ArticleDay of horror, day of greatness
September 11, 2001 was both a terrible day and a great one, says Rudy Giuliani in USA Today. It was terrible, he says, for all the obvious reasons – death, destruction and suffering. It was great...
View ArticleTen years later, a time to reflect
Our opinion: The anniversary of 9/11 is a reminder of what we’ve been through — good and bad — and what we have yet to do. We remember. We remember a glorious September morning that was as much a...
View ArticleOne more look back at the look back at 9/11
Today’s talker isn’t off any particular news; just wondering, that now that the 10th anniversary of 9/11 is over, whether you had any impressions, thoughts, or afterthoughts about any of it, from the...
View ArticleThe Senate vs. the Constitution
Our opinion: A U.S. Senate move to allow detention without charges or trial of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism acts or ties is an assault on basic constitutional protections. Just how many...
View ArticleMemorial security is overriding message
The security at the 9/11 memorial is overdone, says Mark Vanhoenacker in Slate. “Eleven years after 9/11 and a year after the memorial opened, it’s time for a freedom-loving people to consider the...
View ArticleLead the way out of the storm
Our opinion: Albany and Washington need to focus on one thing when it comes to Superstorm Sandy: recovery. Not haggling or posturing. The devastation that remains from Superstorm Sandy can’t be...
View ArticleLong story short
A gift that keeps on giving for generations In the past quarter-century the Agricultural Stewardship Association has given our region some extraordinary gifts, preserving 15,600 acres of land in...
View ArticleBush has ability to ‘knock out’ Trump
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush could end Donald Trump’s bid for the White House by more aggressively challenging his “bizarre worldview, one that is based on his own personal grudges and...
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