Rodent Regatta

For all the men and women killed in action while serving in this nations military services, we declare a holiday. For all the men and women killed as innocents in an unprovoked attack on our country, we go to work. Certainly, I’ll go to the memorial service at church tonight. You’ll see a sequence of posts today that includes thoughts, sadness and honor for those who died last 9-11.
However, our duty is to strengthen this nation. Make it better. Protect it. Prepare it. Remember them, but move forward with an aim to reduce the likelihood that such a cowardly deed could ever find its way to our soil again.

NO 9/11 MEMORIAL PAGE HERE: I’ve thought about what to do to observe the anniversary of last year’s atrocities, and I’ve concluded that the main thing I can do is to keep on blogging. I could have put up a fancy photo page or quoted the Bible or Winston Churchill or, following a suggestion actually aimed at the TV networks, rerun all my coverage from this time last year.

But, what I did last year was blog about what was happening, as it was happening—something that won me (rare) praise from Jim Henley, which because of its rarity (and believe me, it’s rare) is not to be taken lightly. And besides, it’s what I know how to do. Fancy memorial pages aren’t what I’m good at. (Go here for one of those.) So while I’m going to post a couple of retrospective items, I plan to spend today thinking about today, and tomorrow—not last year. [InstaPundit]