William J. Bennett

About the author: William J. Bennett, a former secretary of education, is a director of Empower America, a public policy organization, and the author of several books, including The Book of Virtues.

The terrible terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have brought a sense of moral clarity to the United States. For too long teachers and other influential leaders have questioned whether good and evil really exist, or whether America is truly better than its enemies. Such questioning should be a thing of the past in the wake of September 11.

In the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, America will be changed politically, militarily, culturally, psychologically. It is too close to the events to understand their full impact. But one certain...