This is a special Saturday edition. Where were you when the world stopped turning? This is twentieth anniversary of 9/11.

Did you know that Alan Jackson wrote this song on September 12? While this is probably not the best song he ever wrote, you can tell that it is really heartfelt and focused on the good in life. This is what Glenn Beck called the 9/12 people. We hurt, we cared, we did what we could where we could do it and it didn’t matter our politics or persuasion.

I will never forget the image of people jumping out of the tower rather than possibly being burned or crushed to death. I see the front page of the Charlotte Observer with that picture on it every time I think about 9/11.

As I am solidly in middle age now, more and more of the population demographic is shifting from 9/11 being a seminal moment to a historical event. What I lament the most is not the event but the consequences. What I mean is the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the military conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Patriot Act, etc. People don’t even realize the damage to freedom that has been done in the name of security.

End Your Programming Routine: I don’t want to get overtly political today. I encourage you to remember when and be the person that you were September 12. The one that feels the loss, not vengeful and blinded by rage. Be the one that doesn’t need to solve the ‘problem’ but is in the moment for a little while.