THE BEST AMERICAN 9/11 WRITING: Since 9/11 was the event that more or less made the Blogosphere what it is today, and because much of the best writing on blogs in the last two years has been either directly or indirectly related to that very subject, I thought I'd do a roundup of the best blog writings of the anniversary:
-James Lileks follows up last year's amazing anniversary Bleat with yet another one for the ages. Not as long, but just as good.
-Asparagirl, who hardly ever seems to blog anymore (give her a break, she's getting married!) has some profound words for the bilingual (English/Hebrew, that is) among us.
-Andrew, of course, is on top of his game, and he even re-posted his original 9/11 comments that I forwarded to everyone I knew that night.
-Mike Silverman reflects on everything he did yesterday that he wouldn't have been able to do if he lived under Islamo-fascism.
-Jane Galt has the best WTC photo I've ever seen.
-Sheila O'Malley, who linked to me yesterday not long after her Instalanche- and Best of the Web-lanche (thanks, girl!)- has a ton of links to 9/11 testimonials, as do Meryl Yourish and Judith Weiss.
-The Vodkapundit, Stephen Green, on why it takes longer to "get used to" 9/11 than just about anything else.
-Oliver Willis may be a liberal, but that doesn't mean he's not still angry about "those bastards" who attacked our country, and he still doesn't give a shit about "their rights"- funny, neither do I. Oliver's got a Howard Dean logo at the top of his blog; if Dean can find a way to win over the Oliver Willis types (and there are many), he may just have a shot after all.
-And I already mentioned the "Voices" project at "A Small Victory," but it's worth another look.
As for me, I enjoyed the chance, while jogging late at night, to run by the Towers in Light the way I used to pass the Twin Towers, and it gladdened my heart to see the flags, candles, signs, and pictures of people once again adorning Sinatra Park.
And from a media standpoint, I was absolutely floored by last night's episode of "Countdown With Keith Olbermann," which toned down the snark for one night in order to deal with the anniversary- profoundly and tastefully covering the tragedy from all angles, without sanctimony, blame politics, or fearmongering. The best part? A montage of stories about the ubiquitous "missing person" posters, set to U2's "Joshua Tree"-closing "Mothers of the Disappeared." A new high, certainly, for what's becoming the best show on cable news- which probably means it's weeks from cancellation.
AND ON A LIGHTER NOTE: Bears jumping on trampolines!
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 12, 2003 02:27 PM