Like all of you,

I'm in shock and in mourning, and looking for ways to help.

Perspective:

What I know

MURPHY

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Perspective: What

I know To be emotionally drained right now, to say the least, binds

all Americans together like mice in maze. As we bounce from shock to

hurt to fear to anger, none of us can feel fully confident about the

same things we knew just a week ago.

LETTERS TO THE

Attack on

America: Fayette responds

Let

this be our finest hour . . .

I'm writing this

letter on Wednesday, the day after the attack on America's sovereignty,

so many more things will be known if and when this is printed. I don't

want my anger to diffuse. I would rather my visceral reaction speak

for me, because I believe it to be the right one.

Rescuers

show true courage

In light of this

week's tragedy, take a minute to reflect.

Let's

display our flag properly

In my travels around

Fayetteville this past weekend I noticed several flags that were displayed

incorrectly and several that aren't worthy of being displayed since

they are faded or tattered.

It

just got personal . . .

The images that

we've seen of last week's events have horrified, stunned and enraged

us. Images that my mind is still having trouble accepting as anything

other than special effects from a Hollywood movie. The enormity of this

is incomprehensible to most of us. Probably more so to those of us who

have seen or been in these phenomenal structures.

We

will unite and become stronger

I am writing this

as I watch (for what seems like the thousandth time) the twin towers

of the World Trade Center collapse before my very eyes, hoping that

this time the pictures on the screen will seem more real and less like

the high-tech action movies we've grown used to. Though part of my brain

tells me this is not a film or a drill, the rest of me, for the moment,

is not absorbing the reality.

Some

schools, youth sports officials acted inappropriately after terrorism

attacks

Throughout my life

the question, "Where were you when..." comes up in conversation.

The most common question has usually been, "Where were you when

President Kennedy was killed?"

We

must determine to unite, while not giving in to fear

In this war on terrorism,

there will not be a single easily identifiable enemy. We may be unaware

of the enemy if he or she is around us. As long as the enemy is out

there, there will be more attacks.

Terror

War needs a new, tougher strategy

We are losing the

Terror War and losing it badly. How can this be?

Here's

how you can do something for your country

In light of the

recent acts of war perpetrated against innocent Americans, many of us

are wondering what we can do, right here where we are. I have a suggestion.

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