The tragedy has produced scores of stories about people whose cool heads and courage saved lives, including public-school teachers.

The New York economy, already shaky before the terrorist attacks, is headed for an aftershock that could produce the biggest budget crisis since the 1970's.

This will be a war like none other our nation has faced. Opinion by the secretary of defense.

We have no cause to wallow in what is becoming a fashionable dread, and no reason to assume the doom of our personal security and national prosperity.

If the United States is to combat terrorism effectively in the weeks ahead it will have to act in concert with other nations, including a number of Islamic countries.

As an environment for military conflict, Afghanistan is virtually impervious to American power.

Without careful coordination between charities, there is a real danger of waste and duplication of effort.

There is no way to reason with people who think they will go directly to heaven if they kill Americans.

Bush must design a measured and precise battle plan.

Picturing the near- and long-term consequences.

The United States needs to see its president ready to make tough decisions for the right reasons.

It occurred to me how much the Islamic terrorists who just hit America do not understand about America.

Pataki's economic plan is too diffuse to generate the kind of support that can be realistically expected from Washington.

Organizing the hijacking of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took significant sums of money.

The most eerie thing about the American capital was the stillness at the center of the city.

The danger in the rhetoric is that the new Office of Homeland Defense may be structured like a military organization.

If parts of our "way of life" survive, they will do so because of conscious work, struggle and resistance.

Americans now live a state of war against an irrational, vengeful and elusive enemy.

The rush has already begun to "unshackle" the Central Intelligence Agency and its fellow spy agencies so that they can better combat terrorism. But any changes must be carefully weighed by the Bush administration and Congress.

Editorial by Tom Brokaw.

Above the tragic din, at the very highest levels of government, have come the essential voices of sanity.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani became the leader New York City needed in its worst moment.

President Bush summoned a shaken but determined nation last night to wage a global struggle against terrorism.

On September 11, 2001 the U.S. suffered war casualties on its own soil not experienced since the bloody Battle of Antietam.

The United States has adopted an entirely new foreign policy.

Concerned Americans want to know how they can help. The answer is simple: New York City needs visitors.

Why did we leave ourselves so vulnerable?

Narrow partisan considerations should be sidelined, but basic principles, such as fairness in the way sacrifice is demanded, should not.

In its greatest hour of need, New York City must be grateful that President Bush rose to the occasion, and demonstrated that he is president of the entire country.

As the United States embarks on what could well be a collision course with Afghanistan, President Bush will have no margin for error.

Congress needs to provide a relief package that will prevent our nation's airlines from going out of business.

Civic symbols are crucial at times like this. But just how do we go about making the skyline whole?

To ensure that the freedom to travel is preserved, the rules and expectations of flying have to change.

Sharing some of the evidence linking Osama bin Laden to the terrorist attacks would help build stronger international support for the campaign against terrorism.

No actual evidence has been made public.

The best way to preserve the American people's commitment to keeping their doors open to the world is to crack down on lax enforcement of the immigration laws.

We need the help of the moderate Arab states to fight this war.

Why the alleged evidence should be believed.

Many of the Bush administration's proposals to strengthen the federal government's ability to prosecute terrorists would reduce constitutional protections with no benefit to national security.

We have been jolted by the terror inflicted by a handful of guys with box cutters and plastic knives. Will this be enough to make President Bush abandon his Star Wars obsession?

The nation must begin the urgent work of determining how an open and democratic society can better defend itself against a threat that conventional armies and weapons cannot defeat.

New Yorkers have shown that we have it in us to be brave when bravery is needed.

The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have ratcheted up fears that an even more terrible assault could lie ahead - this time with biological or chemical agents.

Warns that Iraq may be involved in the attacks.

The head of the new Office of Homeland Defense, Tom Ridge, has a daunting challenge.

The market's relatively restrained reaction reflects a heartening belief that the terrorist attack has done no irreparable harm to the economy or its foundations.

Bush must design an effective battle plan and couple it with a skillful diplomatic campaign that sustains strong international support.

What the country needs from the president right now is consistency, in both message and tone.