On the Eve of 9-11
Every year, as we pass Labor Day and approach September 11th, I think of the not-so-modest proposal I offered a few years ago, for a new national way to think about those two American events. This year, the deliberately public, deliberately heinous beheadings of two journalists again bring my thoughts to “Freedom’s Labors.” Steven Sotloff and James […]
The Days of Freedom’s Labors
As we approach early September, I’d like to make a proposal. First, I propose that the Friday after Labor Day be designated a full federal postal and banking holiday, to be designated as Freedom Day. I know that the idea for this kind of holiday, designed to commemorate the shock, losses, and resolve of 9/11, […]