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Haven’t forgotten

I've heard people reflect on where they were when JFK got shot, when Princess Di died, when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank... I'm a millennial. I remember the day the towers fell. In 2001, I was a student at Melvin H. Kreps Middle School in East Windsor, New Jersey. Mid-morning on Sept. 11, my classmates and I filed into our sixth-grade English class and took our seats to find our teacher in a state of distress. She was tearful, struggling to speak, and we were trying to find out what was going on. She managed to choke out something about the Twin Towers and a plane. I had no idea what ...

Almanac for Sept. 11, 2026

Today is Friday, Sept. 11, the 254th day of 2026. There are 111 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida hijackers seized control of four jetliners, sending two of the planes into New York's World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. It remains the deadliest terror attack in history. Also on this date: In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive ...

A Better Labor Day

Did you celebrate labor last Monday, Labor Day? I did. But not organized labor. At least I get to choose. Organized labor isn't a fan of choice. Joining CBS in NYC, I was told: "You must join (and pay dues to) SAG-AFTRA (Screen Actors Guild — American Federation of TV and Radio ...

Ten years later, Kaepernick remains unpersuasive

A decade later, Colin Kaepernick is as tiresome as ever. To mark the 10-year anniversary of his kneeling during the National Anthem, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is out with a new memoir, "The Perilous Fight." (Get it?) In an interview with NBC News in advance of the book's ...

9/11 plus 25

I was sitting in my home office not far from the Pentagon when it happened. The TV behind me had the sound lowered but I suddenly became aware of a major development. I reached for the remote and cranked up the audio. A plane had struck one of the twin towers in New York. TV anchors ...

Almanac for Sept. 9, 2026

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and living conditions. Also on this date: In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name "United States of America," replacing the "United Colonies of North America." In 1850, California was admitted as the 31st U.S. state. In 1919, about 1,100 members ...