MORGANTOWN — There’s a mostly paraphrased quote out there attributed to Robert Frost that goes something like this: “Poetry makes you remember what you didn’t know you knew.” It definitely […]
Tag: sept. 11
Recall that Rudy Giuliani had a finest hour
Rudolph Giuliani was always somewhat off-center, even in his glory days as New York City mayor. But people who recall him then were stunned by his decline into a conspiracy-mongering […]
Born into Gen-Z, 9/11 has had a different impact
On Sept. 11, I was 2 years old. Part of a generation unaware of the world before the 9/11 attacks occurred, it is difficult to say how life is different […]
It’s shocking how easily it all comes back
It was a day that did not end. It went on for days, it went on for weeks, it went on for years. But then you look up and somehow, […]
Two WVU student veterans cite 9/11 as touchstone in military, educational careers
WVU Today As the world watched the Twin Towers fall on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans everywhere questioned what would come next. Jonathan McGee, now a senior at West Virginia University […]
Law professor remembers 9/11 in Manhattan ahead of anniversary
WVU Today Twenty years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an associate professor in West Virginia University’s College of Law still has “the most vivid pictures” in her […]
Evansdale Library to host 9/11 exhibit
Newsroom@DominionPost.com WVU Libraries will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy with “September 11, 2001: The Day that Changed the World,” an exhibit at Evansdale Library that presents the […]
Vigil to be held for twentieth anniversary of 9/11
WVU Today Two decades after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, most of the members of West Virginia University’s Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC standing vigil in shifts […]
Return of cruise-missile diplomacy
by Eli Lake A paradox of President Joe Biden’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan is his vow to keep fighting the wider battle against terrorism even in the […]
Guest essay: Teaching about Sept. 11 in America
by Joseph M. Mazgaj In 2011, my students asked me about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. The class had a lot of questions about al-Qaeda and Afghanistan. After I […]
