9/11: A View from the Capitol

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  September 11th at 12:08 PM  | 

I’ve never blogged my 9/11 experience before, but I decided to do it this year because I’m worried that as 9/11 moves further into our collective rear view mirror, too many people have forgotten what happened that day. I want to write this down and share it because I remember – and because we all must. I worked for a Member of Congress from California, | Read More »

Who Says Democrats Don’t Remember 9/11?

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  September 11th at 10:04 AM  | 

I received this press release yesterday afternoon. I assume it’s a joke. Let me rephrase that; it’s obviously a joke. But I fervently hope that this isn’t really the way Ron Kirk and Shaun Donovan intend to ‘remember’ 9/11: US TRADE REPRESENTATIVE AND HUD SECRETARY TO MARK 9/11 ANNIVERSARY BY PARTICPATING IN A SERVICE EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY New York City, NY – On | Read More »

‘Rehabbing’ 9/11

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  August 28th at 03:38 PM  | 

I was reading Melissa’s and Michelle’s excellent pieces on the campaign by the Left to turn 9/11 into a Day of Service. Their posts got me to wondering why it is that liberals can’t leave 9/11 alone, and why their campaign rankles so. It was then that I realized: the Democrats want to ‘rehab’ 9/11 because for most Americans, 9/11 is all about good and | Read More »