An Up-date

In my last post, I indicated that I would soon comment on the passing of the fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001. As school is back in session and my schedule has once again become heavy, my treatment of that subject has been delayed.

And now, too, a more complete essay on that subject must await another time due to time constraints. However, I can say that at no time do I remember a higher level of exploitation of the memory of that tragic day than on this September 11. Certainly memorializing those who died is entirely appropriate. But did not one smell the scent of self-aggrandizement on the part of politicians and press?

Let us hope that in the future such thinly-disguised selfishness and greed will be left out of September 11 anniversaries.