What Have You Lost? No.4
Do you ever feel like somehow, despite advancements, the world is somehow less connected than you experienced growing up? Recently, I started a discussion on things we've lost along the way and invited readers to tell me how our social fabric has changed in their lifetimes. I'd love it if you'd tell me what you miss.
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What Have You Lost? The Ability to Pick Up and Drop Off Guests at the Airport Gates
I pressed my chubby round face up against the glass, watching the long ...
Book About 911, Part 2
The ground that would’ve normally been kept clear by city sanitation workers, if not for an occasional stray leaf or piece of litter, was dusted with a thin coating of shredded paper and glass particles, as if a local Office Max had been incinerated and its contents dumped on the scene like unwelcome confetti.
Book About 911, Part 1
It wasn’t until the plane was identified as an airliner that my heart joined my head in the listening. And it wasn’t until a second plane crashed and the FAA grounded all planes that I began to realize how my generation’s concept of our world was crashing as well.
911 Service Today
Free Excerpts From Book About 911 Below
I tend to scan the news headlines with a certain aloofness. Most of the articles seem like repeats of stories I've read before--more state budget cuts, more crimes, more people battling to get elected.
But this morning, one headline caught my eye: "911 Service Today." Each year, when I encounter commemorative stories about the attacks on Ground Zero and the Pentagon, my mind takes the same whirlwind journey.
September 11th. It is September again, ...
Michael O’ Leary and Ryanair’s Most Expensive Policy
Now let's insert the actual charge: Sorry sir, but you forgot to bring your boarding pass. That'll be $76.00. Yep. 76 bucks. Fork it over or don't get on the plane. ?Apparently these mind-boggling fees, lopped onto the bills of absent minded fliers, subsidize the bargains the airline passes onto other travelers who play by the rules.