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The latest editorials, columns and commentary from the Express-News [San Antonio Express-News - Header Logo]( [View in browser]( Don’t Miss This Deal! [26 weeks for 99¢]( Dear readers, This weekend, we launched our new weekly opinion newsletter. Our hope is this newsletter helps foster community dialogue about local, state and national issues. Opinion writing, at its best, is about big ideas, sincere reflections, strong arguments, civil disagreement and vibrant conversation. In this newsletter, we offer all of that and more. If you'd like to get the best editorials, columns and commentary from the Express-News delivered to your inbox every Sunday, [click here](. -Josh Brodesky, editorial page editor [Story photo for Clack: September 11 attacks reverberate 20 years later]( [Clack: September 11 attacks reverberate 20 years later]( This week, we kick off things with several reflections on 9/11. Twenty years ago, the Express-News sent columnist Cary Clack to New York City to cover the attacks. For this anniversary, we sent Cary back to New York City to reflect on how the world has changed since the attacks, and how we have changed, too. As he writes: "9/11 made us love and cherish our country, and each other, a little bit more. As we remember the lives lost on that day and the families destroyed, let’s think about all we may yet lose if we’re not vigilant." [Read the full column here](. [Display Advertisement - Top Position]( From the Editorial Board [Story photo for 9/11 anniversary time to search national soul]( [9/11 anniversary time to search national soul]( It is an attack that changed this nation and continues to shape our place in this world. [Read More »]( [Story photo for For 13 years, Afghanistan alarms blared]( [For 13 years, Afghanistan alarms blared]( Nobody listened to John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, whose reports warned of failure. [Read More »]( [Story photo for Breaking cycle of domestic violence one reflection at a time]( [Breaking cycle of domestic violence one reflection at a time]( A life-changing new court offers domestic violence offenders a peaceful way forward, writes Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson. [Read More »]( [Display Advertisement - Bottom Position]( Newsroom Voices [Story photo for Ayala: ‘They looked like my neighbors’ — images of 9/11 victims still haunt George Cisneros]( [Ayala: ‘They looked like my neighbors’ — images of 9/11 victims still haunt George Cisneros]( George Cisneros really had no business being in New York after 9/11, but he felt compelled to go, to bear witness — and to record what he saw. [Read More »]( [Story photo for Garcia: With Texas abortion law, vigilantism becomes public policy]( [Garcia: With Texas abortion law, vigilantism becomes public policy]( The state’s controversial law weaponizes abortion bounty hunters to spy on their neighbors. [Read More »]( [Story photo for Finger: On college football’s realignment ride, things about to get messy]( [Finger: On college football’s realignment ride, things about to get messy]( Now that the games have begun, college football’s dizzying offseason realignment wheel finally has taken a momentary pause. But until further notice, many teams find themselves biding their time alongside cohorts they’d just as soon escape. [Read More »]( Other Voices [Story photo for Commentary: As they did 9/12, Americans awoke to different world 1/7]( [Commentary: As they did 9/12, Americans awoke to different world 1/7]( Like 9/11, the events of Jan. 6 mark a paradigm shift in how Americans relate to and understand political violence, writes Jeremy Berkowitz, a lecturer of political science at Prairie View A&M University. [Read More »]( [Story photo for Cisneros: In city of trees, South Side arboretum overdue]( [Cisneros: In city of trees, South Side arboretum overdue]( A city that owes so much to its trees should do more to truly appreciate them. [Read More »]( [Story photo for Douthat: The American empire in retreat]( [Douthat: The American empire in retreat]( It’s a good thing that we finally ended our futile engagement in Afghanistan and still fear some of the possible consequences. [Read More »]( From our readers And, finally, a shoutout to reader B. Sue Caldwell, who last week [offered this poignant letter]( about the service members we lost in the final days of our withdrawal from Afghanistan: I cried while watching the dignified transfer of 13 service members at Dover AFB on Aug. 29. As a combat veteran, the loss of these young promising Marines, Navy and Army comrades is immeasurable, profound and devastating. I was a 20-year-old WAC — Women’s Army Corps — returning from my tour in Vietnam when I got off a Pan Am jet in Oakland at 3 a.m. on March 11, 1970, to see eight transfer cases sitting on the tarmac. Alone. There was no American flag draped on any of these cases, just darkness. They were brought back in the cargo hold; their only escorts were the overstuffed duffel bags of the other servicemen and myself. What I witnessed was immoral, indecent and dishonorable, a grim, stark reminder of my ungrateful nation. We honored the fallen last Sunday, but what have we ultimately learned? Who are we as Americans, and how do we become a grateful nation to all veterans? If you want to send a letter to the editor, [here's what you need to know](. SIGN UP Start your day informed Catch up on everything you need to know to start your day in San Antonio with our Express Briefing newsletter. [SIGN UP]( [Subscription Offer Banner Image]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [Unsubscribe](list_name=EN_Opinion&list_display_name=Opinion&b=sa_saen) | [Manage Preferences]( | [Privacy Notice]( [San Antonio Express-News - Footer Logo] San Antonio Express-News 301 Avenue E, San Antonio, TX 78205 © 2021 Hearst Communications