NPR Topics: OpinionEditorial opinions and commentary on news events and world events. Download podcasts and subscribe to RSS feeds.Seven Years Later, Listeners Reflect On Sept. 11- September 11, 2008 Do you remember where you were when the planes hit the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon On the seventh anniversary of the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, listeners discuss the significance of the day.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94513289&ft=1&f=1057 Sept. 11 And The Non-Crisis Of Values- September 11, 2008 While we Americans think our divisions over "moral values" or "traditional values" are great, they aren't in comparison with other countries. There may be a crisis of community, manners and culture, but not of values.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94481807&ft=1&f=1057 Will The Running Mates Matter This Year- September 10, 2008 John McCain's pick for running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is dominating the election talk, and a race once viewed as Barack Obama's to lose is now considered no worse than even. But there's still time for the momentum to shift yet again.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94459851&ft=1&f=1057 Football Fatigue Got You Down Try Pigskinexia- September 10, 2008 Football season has begun — and that's a problem for some women who aren't crazy about the game but live with men who watch it nonstop. Frank Deford has a cure for the seasonal distress brought on by hours of TV football — and the bad behaviors it provokes.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94425142&ft=1&f=1057 Are Colleges Obligated To 'Save The World'- September 9, 2008 Stanley Fish argues that universities should be under no obligation to promote good moral character, and that professors should leave world-changing agendas out of the classroom. His new book is entitled Save the World On Your Own Time.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94420624&ft=1&f=1057 |