Patriotic display covers the Peoria Heights home of Henry and Mary Reiter, each a reminder of the 6th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Photo by A. Gerik, Journal Star

Let me start by saying that I have no particularly strong memory of Sept. 11, 2001. I was a freshman in college and I probably overslept a class or two. Some students were visibly upset, but I remember a feeling of amazement at the scope of the attack rather than a feeling of intense sorrow. Obviously, I have no known ties to anyone who died in the attacks. But in these past six years, people who have taken a similarly phlegmatic attitude are vilified as “unpatriotic” or even “inhuman.” Bull, I say! And then I read this in the New York Times:

The Thing About These 9/11 Stories, a personal account by NYT’s Joyce Wadler. Make special note of the comments, some proclaiming it the best tribute they’ve ever read while others lambast it as snarky.

Ahead of the Times: How We Lived the News A PDF from the New York Times published a few days after, with accounts from various staffers on how it affected them in their work.

A comment thread on the NYT’s City Room blog on 9-11 fatigue

Magnum presents a 9-11 photo gallery These are some seriously good photographs.