Trust the leading satirical American magazine The Onion - whose entire editorial staff only recently moved from somewhere in the sticks out west to the great Manhattan metropolis - to script God's response to the terrorist attacks on America. You'll laugh. And you'll cry. Plenty of other more openly witty fake news reports concerning the oncoming war, especially U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With.

If you are outside New York and want to make a difference, there are many charities that will readily take a donation. Probably the most effective is the American Red Cross. You can make a donation through their own web site or though amazon.com's one-click software.

A central database of charities involved in the relief efforts can be found at http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

The Petition for peace and justice, not revenge, had 150,000 signatures as of Sep 20. It strikes a proper balance between seeking justice and avoiding blind retaliation. Please consider signing at
http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/224622495

If you want to make a statement about the importance of racial and inter-faith harmony during this difficult time, http://www.us-unite.org/ has some beautiful and poignant posters you can download.

http://www.indymedia.org/
http://www.newspaperlinks.com
http://truthout.com/
http://www.alternet.org

http://www.commondreams.org/
http://www.nonviolence.org/
http://www.gandhiinstitute.org/
http://tolerance.org/