While I was away there was another “storm of the century”—the third, by my count, since this century has begun. I was overjoyed to have been safely away when it happened; my neighbors, hearty New Englanders all, report cowering in … Continue reading →
The first round of the elections in France have produced the two candidates for the runoff: Sarkozy and Royal. It turns out after all that most people were not lying to the polls because they were ashamed to say they … Continue reading →
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called the war in Iraq a failure. How does he know this? Because of the “extreme violence in Iraq this week.” And what did that violence consist of? A series of terrorist bombings … Continue reading →
The first round of French elections are coming this Sunday, followed by another (and deciding) one two weeks later. The field is unusual for France. As Jane Kramer points out in the New Yorker, all three leading candidates are relative … Continue reading →
Along with Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom, I’m a guest on this week’s Blog Week in Review. So, if you haven’t had enough of my voice lately on the Sanity Squad, you can listen to more here.
Continue reading →Join me, Siggy, and Dr. Sanity, as the Sanity Squad discusses the killings at Virginia Tech. (Shrink was on vacation this week; he’s due back next time).
Continue reading →As more details emerge on the background of the Virginia Tech shooter, it turns out that his history was one long, loud warning sign that something extremely bad was about to happen. So how is it that this young man—who … Continue reading →
As more of the story emerges, we begin to learn something about the dead and their lives (see here and here for some heartbreaking photos, as well). Most were so young that their tales were cut off before they could … Continue reading →
Loser. Loner. Kept to himself. Set fires. Wrote disturbing papers that caught the eye of teachers and got him referred to counseling. On antidepressants. Woke up one day (yesterday) and blasted away thirty-two other people. Shooter Cho Seung-hui, a 23-year-old … Continue reading →
I don’t want to ignore the terrible news of the day, the shootings at Virginia Tech. But I’ll be brief until I know more. Details are extremely spotty, except to say that now the death toll has risen to thirty-two, … Continue reading →
In the comments section of yesterday’s post, there was a discussion about whether it’s possible to go back to an earlier time in which sexual mores were more restrictive. I had written: We can’t go back to the days of … Continue reading →
The Duke rape case has finally been reduced to a blatantly false accusation, with the charges all dropped. Some are saying that now that the accuser has been exposed as a liar and the rape a fabrication, the protection of … Continue reading →