https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/09/11/distant-shore/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 19:35:56 -0400<![CDATA[It&#8217;s been seven years since the night my wife woke me to say that two airplanes had flown into the World Trade Center towers. And now I know that even though the flames reached to the skies, for those who waited no sign would come. For what condemns the Sword is ordinary time; and what confounds the Writ is ordinary grief.  The Call has no answer to a child&#8217;s empty shoe. The darkness fell but the sun came up. At the dawning of the day.]]>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:08:51 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/09/11/distant-shore-n186066