…apparently sent in letters to President Obama and Senator Roger Wicker (R). The incident not only reminds us of 9/11—after the WTC attacks, you may recall, there were a series of anthrax-letters to politicians—but these ricin-letters were intercepted as a … Continue reading →
This might have some meaning as a clue, although a rather non-specific one: The explosives used to kill three people and injure 176 at the Boston Marathon on Monday were most likely some kind of “pressure-cooker” devices that sent sharp … Continue reading →
While in the car yesterday I was listening to some Boston-based talk shows, and I heard some people going on and on about their shock at what happened at the marathon, and how it destroyed the sense of safety they … Continue reading →
Here’s some information about the eight-year-old Dorchester boy who was killed, and whose other family members were injured. Only one person in the entire family of five, his brother, escaped physical injury, but he is understandably severely traumatized psychologically. Very … Continue reading →
[UPDATE 9:40: Now we’re hearing more about the terrible injuries, which include a lot of amputations. I haven’t watched the more graphic images, and don’t intend to. But it occurs to me that one of the few pluses of this … Continue reading →
It can be hard to get a job if you’ve got a record, but universities are doing their bit—if the ex-con was a terrorist, that is. Professors Dohrn and Ayers are not certainly not anomalies; Kathy Boudin has found a … Continue reading →
Lindsay Graham does: We have not heard from the people who went through this debacle who were there on the ground. I guarantee if this had been a good news story we would have heard from them the next day. … Continue reading →
The other day I was looking for some information about a certain passenger on one of the 9/11 flights that crashed. To find it, I Googled something like “passenger lists 9/11 flights,” thinking that would do the trick, and up … Continue reading →
It’s the hypocrisy, stupid. But hypocrisy has always been one of Obama’s most salient characteristics. It’s certainly not a rare commodity in politicians, but Bookworm is absolutely right that he combines self-sanctifying egocentric moral preening with the most blatant hypocrisy—a … Continue reading →
…this story recalls the revolutionary ardor of the 60s: The daughter of a prominent New York doctor and her Occupy Wall Street-organizer boyfriend were arrested after police discovered an explosive used for making bombs and a cache of weapons in … Continue reading →
As could be very reliably predicted, the forces of gun control have now fastened on the Newtown school shooting and bent it to their purpose, despite the fact that the details as we know them so far argue against it. … Continue reading →
I pretty much stopped going to the movies in theaters quite some time ago, and I don’t even watch many at home any more. I don’t remember when the turning point was, but I do know that at some point … Continue reading →