We haven't forgotten those memories, just as we haven't forgotten our promise not to forget in the larger sense. But not forgetting isn't the same as learning from.
by Rachael Daigle
I imagine that a decade ago, the writers and editors of this paper found themselves in a similar position: staring down a vast white space hoping that eventually words emerge that delicately and powerfully capture the profundity of what has passed. Ten years ago, columnists Bill Cope and Ted Rall and then-editor Bingo Barnes faced the challenge of writing about Sept. 11, 2001, immediately in the wake of that day's events.…
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