A sad day remembered

Hard to believe it's been nine years since the attacks of 9/11/2001. I remember a few days later, our family driving through the countryside and as I looked at September fields of cotton, I thought outside forces could not bring us down, no matter how hard they tried or what atrocities they committed. I feel that way today. Only we can destroy America and what it stands for, and we can only do so if we forget our public spirit, and if we forget our great capacity to compromise with each other and get along as Americans, always moving to something better and bigger than our individual interests and opinions. Josh Moss has an excellent essay in Portfolio.com about some of the recent controversies--the pastor who wants to burn the Quran, the Islamic Center near Ground Zero. It's well worth checking out.