A special recognition of letter writers. (Sept11 How members responded).One of the ways that many people -- at least those who are newspaper readers -- have dealt with the Sept. 11 tragedy has been by writing. That includes letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, even poetryWhen I arrived at my office on Monday, Sept. 17, (after a return from the aborted NCEW NCEW National Conference of Editorial Writers meeting in Pittsburgh), I was greeted by a stack of letters the depth of a phone book -- only the letters that had arrived over the weekend. How could we possibly respond to the ourpouring from our readers? This was obviously an attempt on their part to sort through all kinds of issues related to the terrorist bombings of the week before -- their anger, their inability to understand such cruelty; their faith, their doubt, their patriotism, their sadness. Clearly, this called for more than business-as-usual. What we printed four days later was an eight-page special section that we called "A Thousand Voices: San Antonians Speak," a section devoted strictly to reader response. We had never done this before, but then never had we faced such a emotional deluge. The title was somewhat metaphorical, but we, in fact, estimated we received well over a thousand letters, with these pages offering a good representative sample of them. We have a strict policy against using poetry (not wishing to place ourselves in the position of literary critics), but our book editor, bolder than we, took on the project of selecting two pages of poems. A key was finding some semblance of order to the mass of letters. Our letters editor, Nancy Floeck Wilson, ably did so, creating sections on War & Peace, Love & Patriotism, God & Country, and Securing Our Homeland. Then, of course, there were the children, who both drew and wrote. I was enormously impressed by the quality and thoughtfulness of what we received from our readers. The cooperation of our photography and art departments and design desk were key, bringing to life what could have been a well-written but terribly dull-looking section. While this was a back-breaking project to complete in less than three days' time, it was terrific to work on and, as Nancy AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club, based in Nancy. The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965. It was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979. quipped, our contribution to the war effort. Given the need, we would do it again. NCEW secretary Lynnell Burkett is editorial page editor of the San Antonio Express-News The San Antonio Express-News is the daily newspaper of San Antonio, Texas. It is ranked as the third-largest daily newspaper in the state of Texas in terms of circulation, and is one of the leading news sources of South Texas, with offices in Austin, Brownsville, Laredo, and . RELATED ARTICLE: FIRST-DAY EDITORIALS A call for calm Not since the Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Second, let us also realize that the concept of national security as we have known it throughout our history has changed forever. Third, let us not blame people who live among us for the acts of their cousins who may have been responsible for this attack. Let us guard our cities and their citizens; let us verify who is responsible for this horrible act of destruction; then let us deliver severe punishment to those responsible. This is a time for national unity.... Those responsible for these attacks would do well to heed the words of Japanese Adm. lsoroku Yamamoto after the attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. :" fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant Sleeping Giant may refer to: In geology:
And so they have. The Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. , written by Paul Harral, editorial page editor America's darkest day Oh God. The damage, the death toll. The sheer terror Sheer Terror was an influential and long-lasting American hardcore band from New York City. The band was one of the first to mix shades of heavy metal with a hardcore punk base, pioneering a heavier style of hardcore that would become popular in the following decades. of the most audacious terrorist attack in history... .Today, a new generation knows how an earlier generation felt after Pearl Harbor. A new generation knows that history is never over. But this is a time for Americans to be cairn cairn, pile of stones, usually conical in shape, raised as a landmark or a memorial. In prehistoric times it was usually erected over a burial. A barrow is sometimes called a cairn. -- and to stand together. Our nation will survive this. Decades ago, George Orwell Noun 1. George Orwell - imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Blair, Orwell wrote: "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." Sleep safely? Not tonight. And perhaps never again. Nothing will be the same after today. Orwell knew a nation would always need "rough men . ready in the night." Some in this nation, blessedly insulated from so many of the world's horrors, may have forgotten that elemental fact of life. Few will forget it after Sept. 11, 2001. And now? Now it is time to visit violence on those who have done us harm. America is at war. Swift, ferocious retaliation is called for. But how? Against whom? Oh God. The Press of Atlantic City Atlantic City, city (1990 pop. 37,986), Atlantic co., SE N.J., an Atlantic resort and convention center; settled c.1790, inc. 1854. Situated on Absecon Island, a barrier island 10 mi (16. , by Jim Perskie, associate editorial page editor COPING Never have we wished so desperately that the images on the screens surrounding us might be just the usual terrorist fiction.... We will not collapse in fear and terror and give into the night We cannot. Must not. We will find solace and determination. We'll pray and rage. We'll stretch our sinews to grasp this awful madness and get on with life. We are expected by the evil genius For the computer game, see . For the recurring staple in fiction, see . The evil genius, sometimes referred to as the evil d(a)emon, is a concept in Cartesian philosophy. to collapse into human rubble just as surely as those proud financial symbols in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. collapsed hours ago. We are stronger than the evil genius thinks. The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., Sept. 12, D. Michael Heywood, editorial page editor |
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