The Council Has Spoken:

This week, most of the nominated posts, not surprisingly, were related to the 5th Anniversary of 9/11.  The winning Council post was by Matt Barr, at Socratic Rhythm Method.  In Your chance of dying in a terrorist attack, he pointed out, for the slow learners, that you can feel passionately about the current travails without necessarily feeling personally threatened by terrorism.  There was a second place tie between Soccer Dad, who highlighted the Three strands not easily broken that led to 9/11, and my post on 9/11 Ambiguities.

Among non-Council Posts, Cassandra's And At Night, I Dream Of You... won with her moving tribute to a wonderful person lost on 9/11.  There was a four way tie for second place:

Ten Reasons Why the West Will Lose the War on Terror (the pessimist’s view)

Countdown To 9/11: My Days With The Dead

The Shadow of Our Hand

A General Theory of Just About Everything

As always, all the nominees can be found at the Watcher of Weasels and all will reward your time and effort.