http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091108/opl_330665084.shtmlBy Special to the Times-UnionOn Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil unfolded on live television. That these attacks were committed by Muslim men is one factor behind the popular misperception linking Islam, the faith of over a billion people, to...

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters/story/681517.html Posted on Thu, Sep. 11, 2008On Sept. 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack ever to take place on American soil unfolded on live television. The United States was not alone in its grief. People across the world held prayer vigils and stood in solidarity with America. No one questioned America’s...

I was there. One of the 84,000 at Invesco Field witnessing history. The day and the moment were as inspiring as it was profound. As the chants of “yes we can” reverberated through the stadium, they re-ignited feelings of optimism about America’s future, which in the last eight years had been jaded by the politics of fear and divisiveness. Perhaps no...