When is it to be released??From www.amazon.com:
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- Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x 9.22 x 6.38
- Publisher: Free Press; (June 11, 2003)
- ISBN: 0743250052
- Amazon.com Sales Rank: 844
Posted on 06/05/2003 6:48:31 AM PDT by presidio9
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
This is a book about love. That's an odd thing to say about a collection that spans 9/11/01 to 9/11/02, and that centers on the attacks on America. But the primary emotion I felt in those days was a love, or a tender sense of appreciation, for everyone who played a part in the drama--the dead, the survivors, the firemen and the heroes on the planes, the families left behind and their shaken neighbors down the block. For us. September 11 changed everyone, and for me, among the changes was one that had a professional impact. It liberated me to include in my work what I felt but had not always expressed: the idea that people are precious, that they're beautiful and deserving of honor and respect. And the knowledge that we are all brothers and sisters together, whatever our circumstances. Before 9/11, I held these convictions but they did not always seem pertinent, or appropriate, to what I was writing. But after 9/11, I felt free to say what I thought and let it frame my work, and even become an engine for that work.
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What a wordsmith!
Peggy ping.
Yes she is!!!
There is one incident that I'll always remember ----At last years Annual Press Corp Freep at the DC Hilton, Ann Coulter and Peggy walked up the sidewalk to where we all were standing. (I'm trying to remember if Drudge was there also.) At any rate, all the attention went out to Ann, and she was surrounded with her well-wishers. She is deserving of all that, of course, and I am one of her admirers. However, Peggy Noonan is also tops on my list of respected and admired political writers and columnists. But -- where was Peggy? She stood to one side, quiet, smiling, and not trying to draw the attention to herself.
She was the same at one of the NYC Hillary Freeps. She came to our group and quietly talked to people. No fan-fare -- just being her wonderful charming self.
Quite a lady!
When is it to be released??From www.amazon.com:
see larger photo
- Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x 9.22 x 6.38
- Publisher: Free Press; (June 11, 2003)
- ISBN: 0743250052
- Amazon.com Sales Rank: 844
In other words, if you haven't figured it out already, you can add me to the long list of people who'll be glad when she returns to writing her weekly column for OpinionJournal.com.
In other words, if you haven't figured it out already, you can add me to the long list of people who'll be glad when she returns to writing her weekly column for OpinionJournal.com.
First, thanks for the ping.
In our day and age we have a tendency to strive for "perfection." I think especially of singers when I reach for examples. Once Ella Fitzgerald tried to sing Mack the Knife and ending up ad libbing new lyrics because she forgot the words; she sang everything differently each time. Performers today don't do that: they prefer the comfort of sameness. Therefore, I applaude Ms. Noonan for allowing imperfections and not wringing the emotion (or spirit, if you would) out of a piece by over-tinkering. I agree with so many others: the honesty of her thoughts and feelings are seldom matched on paper.
I agree to call it a "tragedy" is a misnomer. 9/11 was a cold-blooded and well-planned attack on an innocent and uprotected population. That fits the definition "atrocity" nicely.
I think we hear it so often refered to as a "tragedy" because that is a softer and less judgemental word, and Liberals like to portray life as an ongoing set of "tragedies" which beg resolution through their benevolent intervention. An "atrocity" requires retributive action against somebody. A "tragedy" does not.
"Tragedy" is a somewhat neutral term and more likely opens the door to a social rather than military response. After all, one doesn't mount a tank assault against the producer of a hurricane or traffic accident. Instead, one helps the victims, rebuilds the damage and comforts the grieving relatives. The aftermath of a "tragedy" is more easily solved by money and emotion than the action required by a deliberatly malicious act.
Liberals like that approach much better. As they control the media, they control the language of how these events are portrayed. Also, it is harder to blame a "tragedy" on Liberal and clinton incompetence, lack of action and faulty world-view which preceeded it. That is a big plus for them. It is better to view this as an awful storm rather than a Pearl Harbor.
"Tragedy" increases the "no-fault" perception of 9/11. That suits Liberals just fine.
Cindy
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