Debra Burlingame is the sister of Charles Burlingame, III, the captain of American Airlines flight 77 that was overtaken by terrorists and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
She has written numerous articles and opinion pieces since the day she lost her brother. All of them have been masterful in striking just the right chord.
She does it again in this article published today, Sept. 11, 2007 in The New York Daily News.
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When I was a young man trying to break in to the radio business, one of the biggest radio stations in the country was Dallas's KLIF 1190 AM.
The station was owned by broadcasting pioneer Gordon McLendon. McLendon was known for his sharply-written editorials. Those editorials were, however, a one-way street. There was no practical way for the listener to respond.
But that is no longer the case. With the the advent of the Internet, lectures have turned into dialogues.
That's my hope for this website. I say what's on my mind. You respond by saying what's on yours.
That's why we call it You Tell Me.
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