Late Night Radio: Patriot Day

Howdy, folks, and welcome back to the show! Today is 9/11, but the calendar says it better: Patriot Day. I like that.

If Christmas and Easter are good times to think about God, Patriot Day is for wrestling with the Devil. (And another good time to think about God.)

The sky was strange that night of the terrible day. I crept outside to do some stargazing, numb. The night seemed the same, eerie with no planes rumbling across it. Twenty-three years later, I'm looking up again, remembering, and wondering what to do.

Maybe it's a weird question, “what to do,” but that's how I'm wired. And the name — Patriot Day. It calls me to action.

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