| On the terrible morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Ted Olson, then the solicitor general, was in his office at the Justice Department when his phone rang. It was Olson's wife Barbara, en route to Los Angeles, reporting that the plane had been hijacked. Not so many minutes later, Olson saw the Pentagon, in flames. It's not a story Olson talks about much — I had to prod him to include it in his column on 9/11 — because, he says, so many people suffered so many tragic losses. But it helps to underscore the anger Olson, among others, feels as he contemplates the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, and what he sees as the betrayal of our solemn national promise not to forget what happened that day. "We will forget. In some ways, we have already forgotten," Olson writes. "And we will continue to pay a tragic price for our fading memory and tremulous resolve in the face of terror."  (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images) My wife was killed on 9/11. The Taliban and the terrorists with whom they collaborate remain a threat. By Theodore B. Olson ● Read more » | | | | The United States learned useful lessons in Afghanistan, but also some bitter truths. By David Ignatius ● Read more » | | | | The period since 9/11 has shown a collapse of support for Islamist militancy and terrorism. By Fareed Zakaria ● Read more » | | | | Republicans' bookkeeping made their legislation seem less costly, while Democrats use other metrics. By Catherine Rampell ● Read more » | | | | The biggest problem with the president's plan is that it does not go nearly far enough toward compelling vaccinations. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » | | | The better times appear to be over. By Joe Garcia ● Read more » | | | | The Republican's surge in the polls has allowed Newsom to both run on his own record and to turn the recall election into a referendum on the conservative talk radio host. By Helaine Olen ● Read more » | | | | Mississippi pioneered an earlier version of the Texas vigilante scheme, empowering individuals to go after gay and trans people. These laws ensure that people live in fear of the mob. By Alexia Korberg ● Read more » | | | | An effort at a clever strategy to smuggle reforms passed Republican senators. By Greg Sargent ● Read more » | | | | He seems determined to cut the reconciliation bill down mercilessly. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | | Passivity in the face of attacks on fundamental rights is unacceptable. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | Lee wasn't the great — or even good — man his lionizers want him to be. By Eugene Robinson ● Read more » | | | | The failure to vet a story from an Oklahoma news outlet regarding ivermectin is lame. The failure of several news organizations to correct it is inexcusable. By Erik Wemple ● Read more » | | | |
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