The following is a letter to the editor that I submitted to the Washington Post on September 3, 2002. September 11 shouldn’t become just another holiday where businesses are closed and the mail doesn’t get delivered. President Bush feels that the day should be set aside for prayer and sacrifice to others (news story, September 1). This is an injustice to those who lost their lives that day while pursuing what they value (trading stocks, fighting fires, etc.). It is no coincidence that the terrorists chose the World Trade Center as a target: The towers represented capitalism, which is the only system that truly frees Man to produce and improve his life. September 11 should celebrate this production. States should suspend their sales taxes, stores should have special sales, and businesses should launch new products. Praying and sacrificing to others while ignoring our own need for productive achievement does not build a great nation or win a war against terrorists. We must stop being ashamed of profit and start being proud of production.