Top Items:
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers — Vowing that he was "never going to forget the lessons of that day," President Bush paid tribute last night to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, laying wreaths at ground zero, attending a prayer service at St. Paul's Chapel …
Discussion:
The Rude Pundit
RELATED ITEMS:
Christopher Hitchens / Opinion Journal:
Solidarity — Our first duty is to stand together against bin Ladenism. — Never mind where I was standing or what I was doing this time five years ago. (Because really, what could be less pertinent?) Except that I do remember wondering, with apparent irrelevance, how soon I would be hearing one familiar cliché.
Discussion:
CBS News, Hot Air, Chicago Sun Times, TigerHawk, Media Blog, The Strata-Sphere and Macsmind
Michelle Malkin:
The 2,996 Project — I am kicking off 24-hour 9/11 anniversary coverage today with my entry for the 2,996 Project. — As I mentioned last month, the project launched by D.C. Roe involves more than 3,000 bloggers who have joined together to commemorate each and every one of the victims of 9/11 on this fifth anniversary.
Will / Attytood:
The Emperor's New Clothes: How 2nd graders saw what the American media wouldn't report — George W. Bush is a man on a mission today: To remind the American people how they felt five years ago, when the public was understandably frightened by the killing of nearly 3,000 fellow citizens …
Deborah Sontag / New York Times:
The Hole in the City's Heart — On July Fourth two years ago, eight weeks before the Republican National Convention in New York City, Gov. George E. Pataki traveled from the Hamptons summer home of his senior economic adviser, Charles A. Gargano, to the dusty crater in the center of Lower Manhattan.
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
A Religious and Unconventional War — Conventionally, countries fight wars against other countries. Territory is well-defined, and the objective — unconditional surrender — is clear. World War II is always a good illustration. Adolf Hitler's desire for power obviously consumed him.
Discussion:
ScrappleFace
Lorie Byrd / Wizbang:
FIVE YEARS LATER — WE WILL NOT FORGET — SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 — "The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.
Discussion:
Dean's World, Winds of Change.NET, Right Wing Nut House, Power Line and CALIFORNIA YANKEE
Lt Col P / Op For: September 11th... 1565 — The fifth anniversary of September 11th 2001 is upon us.
Michael Ledeen / Politics Central:9/11 — It seems at least a decade ago, and I am still angry, maybe even angrier.
Discussion:
Roger L. Simon, Inactivist, Cold Fury, The Anchoress, Infidel Bloggers Alliance, The Heretik and Blue Crab Boulevard
Pajamas Media:9/11: FIVE YEARS AFTER — New Media — The Fifth Anniversary …
Discussion:
Associated Press
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
War's Critics Abetting Terrorists, Cheney Says — He Cites Allies' 'Doubts' About U.S. Will — Vice President Cheney offered a veiled attack yesterday on critics of the administration's Iraq policy, saying the domestic debate over the war is emboldening adversaries who believe they can undermine the resolve of the American people.
RELATED ITEMS:
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Situation Called Dire in West Iraq — Anbar Is Lost Politically, Marine Analyst Says — The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western Anbar province are dim …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance — Plans Fund Defense In Anti-Terror Cases — CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged …
Discussion:
Unclaimed Territory, Crooks and Liars, The Sideshow, PointOfLaw Forum, TPMmuckraker, The Heretik and The Volokh Conspiracy
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
For Democrats' Hopes, Less Promise in New York — Kirsten Gillibrand campaigned with Hillary Rodham Clinton last month. She is trying to unseat Representative John E. Sweeney, a four-term Republican. — In a year when Democrats hope to take control of the House of Representatives …
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
A new low in Bush-hatred — SIX YEARS into the Bush administration, are there any new lows to which the Bush-haters can sink? — George W. Bush has been smeared by the left with every insult imaginable. He has been called a segregationist who yearns to revive Jim Crow and compared ad nauseam to Adolf Hitler.
RELATED ITEMS:
Arthur Spiegelman / Reuters:Controversial "Death of a President" film debuts
Discussion:
The Corner
Steven Den Beste / Chicago Boyz:
The Disunited States of America — Dean Barnett writes movingly about his personal experience on 9/11/2001. And he concludes with this: … 9/11 didn't bring us together. It's true that in the immediate aftermath of the event that we all felt sadness and rage. But not about the same things.
Discussion:
Dean's World
RELATED ITEMS:
Aftenposten:
Imam casts doubt over existence of bin Laden — The leader of Muslim imams in Norway said Monday that many Muslims feel they've been under collective suspicion since September 11, 2001. He also questioned whether Osama bin Laden actually exists. — Imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni answered …
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
9/11: FIVE YEARS ON — GETTING IT RIGHT — THE biggest story since 9/11 is that there hasn't been an other 9/11. According to our hysterical media culture, everything's always going wrong. The truth is that we've gotten the big things right. — On this fifth anniversary …
Senior Data Journalist, NY — 
Manager - Publishing Editorial, Manila — 
Oil Reporter, Singapore — 
Newsperson - State Govt. & Politics, CA — 
Business Reporter, SC — 
State Government Reporter, WA — 
Climate Crisis Columnist — 
Multimedia Journalist, CA — 
Community Engagement Mgr., DC — 
Senior California Politics Reporter, CA — 
Staff Writer - Business, NY — 
Team Editor - Opinion, ON — 
Assistant Correspondent, DC — 
Climate & Weather Reporter, MN — 
Senior Tech Editor, Remote US — 
Lead Business Reporter, TN — 
Managing Editor, WA — 
Private Credit Reporter, NY — 
Trending News Reporter, TX — 
City Correspondent, London — 
Legislative Reporter, CA — 
Reporter, PA — 
Visual Editor, Remote — 
Staff Writer, MI — 
Senior Political Reporter, DC — 
California Playbook Writer, CA — 
National Investigative Reporter, NY — 
Business & Gaming Reporter, NV — 
Coastal Climate Reporter, SC — 
Environment & Energy Reporter, CT — 
Coordinating Editor, OR — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Editor-in-Chief, AZ — 
