From Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson:...
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Rudy Giuliani: What a difference 20 years makes
This is what historians mean by “change over time”: Giuliani on September 11, 2001: Giuliani on September 11, 2021:...
How Donald Trump commemorated the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks
Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton were at the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City. George W. Bush was in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump started the day at a New York police station ripping Joe Biden’s withdrawal...
George W. Bush compares “violent extremists at home” to the “violent extremists” who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001
Here are two take-away quotes from today’s speech at Shanksville, Pennsylvania Many of us have tried to make spiritual sense of these events. There is no simple explanation for the mix of providence and human will that sets the direction...
The American Bible Society in the days following September 11, 2001
From The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society: One of the highpoints of the ABS engagement with its home in New York City occurred following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the towers of the World...
“I’ll See You In My Dreams”
Today at the 9-11 commemoration:...
Barbara Lee: The only member of Congress who voted against the war in Afghanistan
On September 14, 2001, both houses of Congress authorized the use of the United States Armed Forces against those who “planned, authorized, committed or aided” the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Senate vote was 98-0. The House of Representatives voted...
Chait: “Imagine a 9/11 commission if the hijackers had allies in Congress”
Here is Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine: In the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection, when both parties agreed on the need for an investigation into the attack, the shorthand that entered the lexicon was 9/11-style commission. When, on January...
Episode 7: September 11th and the End of Compassionate Conservatism
What would evangelical politics be like today if the attacks on 9-11-01 never happened? Episode 7: “September 11th and the End of Compassionate Conservatism” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here is...
Court evangelical Eric Metaxas: Why are we talking about COVID (269K dead) when the election fraud is the new 9-11?
Yesterday Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press that his office has “not seen fraud on a scale that could have effected a different outcome in the election.” Then a DOJ spokesperson qualified Barr’s statement and Trump retweeted it:...
Image of the day
2 VPs in New York City on September 11, 2020:...
Song of the Day
September 11th:...
How is Springsteen is Handling the Lockdown?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMkFVJ-ews&w=560&h=315] Here is Bruce Springsteen in his memoir, Born to Run: In the late afternoon, I drove to the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge. There, usually, on a clear day the Twin Towers struck two tiny vertical lines on the horizons...
Is the 9-11 Era Over?
Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, makes the case at The Atlantic. A taste: The first months of this crisis suggest that the world order that emerges on the other end is likely to be permanently altered....
Reflecting on September 11, 2001
I have posted a lot about this day at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Here are some of those pieces: Why September 11 is About Vocation September 11th, Patriotism, and the Human Spirit (at Patheos) The Mike and the...
Song of the Day
The Rising: “I was wearin’ the cross of my calling. On wheels of fire I go rollin’ down here.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjPU_SGOqCM&w=560&h=315] \...
How Long Will Americans Tolerate This Man as Their President?
Today I watched Representative Ilhan Omar’s speech on Islam, religious liberty, anti-Muslim bigotry at the Council of American-Islamic Relations. Here is the controversial part of the speech: Here’s the truth: far too long we have lived with the discomfort of...
The Political Career of Rudy Giuliani Summed-Up in Two Pictures
2001: 2018: Context...
Song of the Day #2
Can’t get through a day like this without listening to “The Rising.” I’ve written a lot about this song (and the album by the same name) over the years. I’ve always seen it as a song about vocation. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjPU_SGOqCM&w=560&h=315]...
Song of the Day
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