It becomes almost trite to look back on the attacks of September 11, 2001 each year, but I cannot help but to think about that fateful day upon each anniversary. It was a transformative event in U.S. history and a day I vividly remember like few others. There is so much we have to lament (my analysis from last year remains unchanged), but I want to be little more positive today.

Caught in the midst of a mud-slingling presidential election, where each candidate and his surrogates tries ...

I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in — and the West in general — into an unbearable hell and a choking life.

 -Osama Bin Laden, December 2001

As we reflect on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks today, it is instructive to remember not only the lives lost, but to examine our response and question our collective memory of these attacks. When we do so, we are faced with the ...