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Thessaly La Force: According to this teenager from Marin
County, the path taken by John Walker Lindh from that same liberal
Northern California county to the deserts of Afghanistan is hardly
surprising.
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Paul Auster: The New York writer reads from this piece written
after September 11th, during the strangest of Autumns in New York.
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Australian Taliban poem: David Hicks, an Australian who fought
for the Taliban and was captured by the Northern Alliance, wrote
this poem, which was recently published in Australian newspapers.
Read by WBUR's Ian Docherty.
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Fran Leibowitz: The social critic and quintessential New
Yorker reads from EB White's 1948 book "Here is New York"
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Visitors viewing the former World Trade Center site: Four
months after the terrorist attacks, New Yorkers and tourists alike
are flocking to the former site of the twin towers in New York.
Here are the thoughts of some visitors there this week.
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David Carras: A photographer from Belmont, Massachusetts,
who takes pictures of other artists' work for portfolios, says much
of his clients' artwork recently is reflecting the post-September
11th psyche.
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Roland Austin: An 84-year-old pacifist from Binghamton, New
York, explains how he beagn to believe in the immorality of all
conflict.
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Christmas shoppers: Shoppers in a mall in Watertown, Massachusetts,
speak about how their shopping pattern have changed in this year's
Christmas season.
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Pam Childers: A 17-year-old shares her fears that her mother,
a Navy reservist, may be called up for duty as part of "The
War on Terrorism."
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Leonard Slatkin: The Director of the National Symphony Orchestra
explains how Barber's "Adagio for Strings" has become
the national anthem of mourning.
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Barbara Beck and Robert Bonn: A Massachusetts couple share
the message they are putting in their Christmas cards this year.
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Students in Cambridge, MA: A Generation Y perspective, from
students at the Buckingham, Brown, and Nichols High School in Massachusetts.
The discussion begins with the students' reaction to the lowering
of the official death toll at the World Trade Center and a question
of whether it is important to know the exact figure.
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Reflections for Chanukah: David Gaffney, Rabbi at The Conservative
Synagogue of Fifth Avenue in New York, shares his wisdom on the
second night of Chanukah.
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Voices from Oakland, CA: Visitors to Lake Merritt, a public
park downtown, reflect on the war in Afghanistan.
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The Coup: Reflections from the hip-hop group that was ready
to release a CD depicting the World Trade Center exploding before
the September 11th attacks forced them to change their plans.
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Saleem Ali: A Pakistani-American Muslim reflects on the perils
of misusing history.
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Sergeant Thomas Kelly (USMC): A Marine recruiting officer
talks about the pitch he's delivering to young men and women interested
in the Corps, and what a life in the Marines has meant to him.
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Obaid Nejati: As Afghans around the world watch the meeting
in Bonn, a member of the Hazara tribe living in America says he
worries that a Pashtun dominated government might continue to exclude
his people from Afghan politics.
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Gale Pryor: Since September 11th many Americans have dived
into books, newspapers, and the T.V. news, hoping to understand
the complex changes the nation and the world are undergoing. It's
an impulse that Gale Pryor has experienced before when her own life
changed in an instant. But there is a time, she says, when one must
turn off the T.V., put down the books, and accept what may be difficult
to fully understand.
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Brothers in Oregon: Charles and Gjaun Johnson live together
in Portland, Oregon, but they have sharply different views about
bin Laden and the U-S war in Afghanistan.
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Quilters in Alabama: Each Tuesday evening, a group of women
in Oneonta, Alabama, participate in a great American tradition,
the quilting bee. Independent Producer Melanie Peeples joined them
last Tuesday, and listened in as their conversation turned to the
War on Terrorism.
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Sounds from a football game: Last Saturday, before the Crimson
Tide of the University of Alabama faced off with the Mississippi
State Bulldogs in Birmingham, Alabama, tailgaters were talking about
terrorism, charity, and hope.
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Zari Nabayar: A twenty-five-year-old Afghan-American from
Denver says while her memories of the country of her childhood are
few, her dreams for Afghanistan are many.
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David Gergen: The former Presidential advisor speaks about
leadership in a time of crisis.
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"The Kathy and Judy Show:" A morning talk radio
program on WGB-AM in Chicago usually focuses on the personal side
of life and avoids politics. But since September 11, some things
have changed.
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Cecil Sommers: A British soldier kept a diary so that his
daughter Margaret could fit his personal story into the history
of The Great War. Here is WBUR's Ian Docherty reading the opening
of Sommers' diary.
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Amin Azimi: A poet and psychologist born in Afghanistan looks
past the devastation of his former homeland towards a brighter future.
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Voices from an Oregon tavern: The patrons of the Brass Rail
Tavern in Troutdale, Oregon are still bewildered about why the U-S
was attacked on September 11th, but they do have opinions on how
we should proceed.
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Camilla Parnham: On Fridays since September 11th, this non-Muslim
woman shows her solidarity with Muslim women around the world, by
wearing the headcovering called the hajib.
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Jennifer Claire Scott: A former event planner at the top
of the World Trade Center says the list of things that haven't changed
in her life since September 11th is all too short.
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Jimmy Tingle: The humorist, actor and writer says that this
October 31st, it's the routine encounters that have him jumping
out of his skin.
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Jimmy Tingle's web site.
Michele Orecklin: A staff writer for Time Magazine tells
of how a case of the sniffles became a cause of concern.
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Seattle teenagers: Students at Garfield High School reflect
on the events of the past month and a half.
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Chris Kimball: The publisher of Cook's magazine says that
while the cities of New York and Washington were attacked, the pangs
are also being felt in small towns across America
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Expecting Mothers: Thoughts from expectant mothers and reflections
on what sort of a world they hope for and expect for their children.
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Robert Master: A Vietnam veteran reflects on the possibility
of another American quagmire -- this time in Afghanistan.
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Gale Pryor: A mother of three boys says September 11th will
change the way her family thinks about the imaginary monsters of
October 31st.
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Anne Butler Rice: a former New Yorker says she has lost her
bearings in the city since September 11th.
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Ewan MacDougal: a junior at Yale University says there is
no better use of his Yale education than defending his country.
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Andrew Brescia: a former Kabul resident remembers the city
of his childhood. He went to school while his father worked with
the United States Information Agency, in an Afghanistan marked by
beauty - not war.
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Scott James: A media analyst went ahead with his scheduled
trip abroad after the Sept. 11th attacks. He found he was not the
object of anti-American hate he had feared. But briefly -- in the
city of Fez -- he became an ambassador.
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Margaret: An American living in Germany says September 11th
ended her romance with being an ex-patriot.
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Carolyn Gilbert: The founder of the International Association
of Obiturists reflects on the challenge of remembering the individual
when so many people die in a tragedy like that of September 11th.
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Emily XYZ: The New York based poet struggles to accept the
destruction that has transformed her city.
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Gregory Prince: The President of Hampshire College in Amherst,
Massachusetts, offers his advice for dealing with the new world
of terrorism to college-bound high school seniors.
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"The Terrorists Are Bullies": Five citizens of
Boulder Colorado talk about war, peace and healing.
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Hannah Petersen: A Sanford, North Carolina resident talks
of hard times ahead for the loved ones of soldiers.
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Sasha Harris-Cronin: A New Yorker, explains how it is not
just about the sights of New York, but the sounds of the city that
have changed for her since September 11th.
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Voices from a Senior Center: Senior citizens from Warwick,
Rhode Island, who witnessed another surprise attack on the United
States, Pearl Harbor, share their reactions from September 11th.
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John Curran: A Massachusetts high school student and his
friends have been forced to think about very adult issues as a result
of September 11th.
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Peter Elsworth: A Rhode Island radio producer says the age
of irony ended on September 11, 2001.
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Laura D. Roosevelt: Speaks of a meeting at faiths at a
memorial service for a victim of the attacks.
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Alexandra Wolfe: A Junior at Duke University expresses her
frustration at what she sees as her liberal, politically-correct
classmates who are calling for pacifism and blaming the attack on
the U.S.'s past actions.
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Excerpts from terrorism guide: read by Ian Docherty; chilling
passages from a guide to terror that was found in the wreckage of
one of the planes and the unclaimed baggage of two of the hijackers.
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Zoe Clarkwest: A young mother in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
wonders what she should say to her children about what happened
on September 11th.
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Jonathan Brody Kramnick: A New York City resident at his
vacation house in Upstate New York on September 11th notes the disconnect
between the serene surroundings of Warrensburg, NY, and his other
city that was burning 200 miles away.
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Amal Elbadawee: An Arab American fears she lost her place
in her own country as a result of the terrorist attacks of two weeks
ago.
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Julie Delcour: A reporter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who covered
Timothy McVeigh's attack on the Murrah Federal Building re-lived
the feelings of terror while watching the attack on New York unfold
on television.
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Sean Andrews: When a chemist from Rhode Island became a
new dad on September 10th, the world seemed full of hope and possibilities.
Now he is forced to wonder just what kind of world his daughter
will have to grow up in.
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Peter Choyce: In the wake of the terrorist attacks, Clear
Channel, which owns a large share of radio stations across the country,
released a list of songs they recommended stations stopped playing.
The songs ranged from Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over
Troubled Waters" to the Dave Matthews Band's "Crash Into
Me." Boston DJ Peter Choice says Clear Channel was off the
mark.
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Meghna Chakrabarti: A Boston resident says the American
flag -- the very symbol of unity in the wake of the terrorist attacks
-- has also come to symbolize a fractured nation.
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Kami Patrizzio: A teacher in New York's Lower East Side tells
how her students are processing the terrorist attack on their city.
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James Todd: A radio producer in North Carolina wants to
help make things better; but he struggles to figure out how.
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Tamim Ansary: An Afghani-American living in San Francisco
shares his concerns about a possible U.S. military strike against
Afghanistan.
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Michael Goldfarb: London-based reporter reflects on the
strange period when war is inevitable yet has yet to begin.
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Michael Moore: Part two of the diary of social Critic Michael
Moore ("Roger & Me," "T.V. Nation"). Moore was supposed to fly from
L.A. to La Guardia last Tuesday. Instead, he and his wife got in
a car to drive home to New York. On the road, he posted daily missives
on his Web site. In an audio diary, the ever-opinionated, Michael
Moore reads from these reports written as he drove across a changing
nation.
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Andrew Bacevich: Professor of International Relations at
Boston University responds to Michael Moore's controversial diary.
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Bill Shore: The Executive Director of Share Our Strength,
an anti-hunger non-profit organization, on working on the recovery
effort at the Pentagon.
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Leila Gerstein: A New Yorker in Los Angeles the day of the
attacks tells of watching her city transformed from all the way
across the country.
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Gabe O'Connor: When baseball returned after a nearly week-long
absence, life finally seemed to be getting back to normal for this
reporter.
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Michael Moore: Part one of the audio diary of social critic
Michael Moore ("Roger & Me," "T.V. Nation")
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Eliza Kunkel: Book publisher living on the lower east side
in Manhattan describes her experiences during last Tuesday's attacks
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Nate DiMeo: Producer for WRNI, Providence, Rhode Island on
his visit to Manhattan the day of the attack.
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