Plus: On 20th Anniversary of 9/11, We Regrettably Are Less Safe
September 11 2021
Happy Friday from Washington, where President Biden is imposing vaccine mandates not only on federal employees but millions of other Americans who work for larger employers. Fred Lucas has details. Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, we are more vulnerable to terrorists, Lora Ries writes. On the podcast, a former firefighter recalls what happened at ground zero in New York. Plus: the Justice Department sues Texas over a pro-life law; Biden’s “unity purge” of military academies; and uncounted ballots in Georgia and Pennsylvania. Thirty years ago today, a little-known rock band from Washington state, Nirvana, releases the breakout single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” from its second album, “Nevermind.”
Already, Republican state attorneys general are suggesting legal challenges to the president’s attempts to force the vaccination of tens of millions of Americans.
“For every person who was obese, pregnant, injured, disabled, there were four or five office workers, not cops or firemen, helping that person," Tim Brown recalls. "It made me proud of humanity.”
The Taliban will need terrorist allies to try to control Afghanistan’s cities and countryside, which it otherwise might struggle to stabilize and rule.
The popular app showed underage users thousands of videos depicting drugs and pornography, including over 100 videos promoting porn subscription services and sex products.
The complaint argues that the song “The Eyes of Texas” has a “racially offensive origin, context and meaning,” denying black students the full benefits of campus life.