Dangers to freedom after the World Trade Center attacks
An op ed warns that freedoms must not be sacrificed in the fight against terrorism. It recalls laws and actions from past crises, argues for careful limits on wiretapping, and stresses that liberty remains essential to the United States as a free and brave nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
World Trade Center
Pentagon
U.S
France
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
John Ashcroft
Justice Department
Jefferson
Washington
Baltimore
New Orleans
Trade Center
White House
Dolly Madison
Afghanistan
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Jay Miller
la Tusa
Santa Fe
N.M
Qwest
Tenure Criticism Sparks Call to Remove UNM Professor
A letter to the editor targets UNM Professor Richard Berthold as a symbol of tenure and university waste. The writer, claiming insult as a taxpayer, demands he be removed, denounces his remarks and apology, and urges action by university authorities and President Gordon.
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UNM
Richard Berthold
New York City
University of New Mexico
Gordon
Berthold
New Mexico
United States Department of Defense
Pentagon
Roswell Sexes Students of the Month Named
The American Association of University Women named Angela Jaramillo of Goddard High and Susan Wheat of Roswell High as students of the month. Jaramillo is treasurer of GHS student council. Wheat plays in the Roswell Symphony Orchestra. Carson Hobbs, 16, prepared a sheep entry for the New Mexico State Fair. Roswell Cub Scouts receive U S flags at a DAR meeting. eight dens will get flags at the Regents Project.
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American Association of University Women
Roswell
Goddards
Angela Jaramillo
GHS
Susan Wheat
Barbary pirates and U S response set precedents for today
A reader cites Jeffersons restraint with Barbary piracy as a model for modern policy. It traces Washington Adams and Jefferson actions against Tripoli Algiers and Tunis, the Philadelphia raid, Decatur victories, and treaties that forced payments without full war, urging similar measured steps against contemporary threats.
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Santa FE
America
Dave Clary
Roswell
Thomas Jefferson
Clary
George Washington
John Adams
Algiers
Morocco
Tripoli
Tunis
United States
Jefferson
Congress
U.S
Philadelphia
Stephen Decatur
Edward Preble
Pasha
Decatur
U.S. Navy
Britain
Bush Administration
Today in History Highlights From September Thirtieth Entries
On this date events span 1791 Mozart premiere in Vienna 1927 Babe Ruth 60th homer 1946 Nuremberg leaders found guilty 1954 Nautilus commissioned 1962 James Meredith Ole Miss registering. Additional items include 1777 York relocation during the war and 1938 Sudetenland appeasement context.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Congress of the United States
York
William Morton
Boston
Babe Ruth
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Nuremberg
Germany
Berlin
Navy
James Deah
Cholame
Calif
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Vision of devastation near World Trade Center site
A columnist recalls the magnitude of lower Manhattan destruction after the World Trade Center collapse. He describes gray film on buildings, shattered windows, soot messages like New York will survive, and parking lots turned to junkyards near ground zero.
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New York
Times Square
Lower Manhattan
World Trade Center
New York City
Long Island College Hospital
Old Rip the Horned Toad in Eastland Courthouse Cornerstone
Eastland County’s cornerstone tale recalls 1897 ceremony for the courthouse in Eastland Texas where a horned toad was sealed as a time capsule. Judge Earnest E. Wood added the lizard to the box, sparking a nationwide legend that led to Rip Van Winkle comparisons and a lasting Eastland County lore.
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Jan Jackson
Roswell
Eastland
Texas
Fort Worth
Eastland County
Justice of the Peace
Earnest E. Wood
Ed S. Pritchard
Eugene Day
Day
Apps
Rip van Winkle
Rip
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Old Rip
Jan Johnson
Will M. Wood
Billy B. Wood
Abilene
Roman A. Clef
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