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...None of which means we shouldn't mourn losing "Nightline." But it does mean you should beware of journalistic sages peddling golden ages. If "Nightline" is canceled, we'll be poorer for it, but we will survive...
There is a time to weep, a season to mourn. But there is not supposed to be a second time to do it again from the beginning. Last Tuesday night, about 100 alumni of grief filed into the Oakwood Baptist Church in Walker County, Ga. Clutching candles and tissues, they were forced to revisit the rituals of death. This time they prayed not for the souls of the dead but for the bodies--the 298 (and counting) men, women and at least one infant strewn about the landscape of a remote northwest Georgia crematory...
...Daniel Pearl's case, that assumption proved tragically incorrect. Thursday the Wall Street Journal confirmed that Pearl had indeed been killed by his captors. All journalists will mourn him as a courageous colleague whose story has reminded us that the pursuit of truth is sometimes no protection in a dangerous world...
...have saved a thousand lives, but his actions exemplified bravery. His "iconic" picture was seen internationally, and he got letters from people thanking him for his courage. It was sad to read that other fire fighters have grumbled at the attention he has received. We all mourn those who lost their lives and salute those who made it through. Let's rejoice that Kehoe is still with us. BRENDA MUNGER Ridgeland, Miss...
...reason it is possible not to mourn Sept. 10, to believe that the days ahead may be both more painful and more precious, is that there is evidence we are willing to do the hard work by choice, not just because we have to. And so the year can end, and the fires go out at last at ground zero, and Liberty Island reopens, and soldiers guarding the airport at Kandahar drape mine tape on tumbleweed for a Christmas tree and raise a huge American flag, inscribed with the names of slain men and women...