[NOTE: In yesterday’s thread on the school shooting in Bend, I noticed that the topic of SSRIs and violence came up. So I think it makes sense to repeat the following post, which I wrote in 2023.] Every time there’s … Continue reading →
There’s been another horrific school shooting, with three young children and a teacher dead. The killer shot his way into a locked area, but was ultimately stopped by the armed father of a student, who saw him enter and followed … Continue reading →
Actually, it’s not as though his anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian sympathies were previously unknown. But now that such attitudes have become the norm – even the required norm – among Democrats, Obama can be more open about it: According to Irish … Continue reading →
You may have come across this video of a 6-year-old who shot and almost killed his teacher: The Virginian-Pilot obtained the video from Officer Brian Torrez’s camera after a court order unsealed it. On the tape, reading specialist Amy Kovac … Continue reading →
Of course. No surprise there. The Orwellian reversal is not a new phenomenon: The South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who presided over a commission that declared that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza, won … Continue reading →
And to stream an execution live – isn’t that a kind of oxymoron? Here’s the announcement: The firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed, the Pentagon said Thursday, a stunning revelation about plans for … Continue reading →
On this anniversary there are many articles reflecting on the intervening three years and what we have learned. In some ways, the post-10/7 wars have gone better than expected for Israel. At the beginning, it seemed as though Hezbollah, for … Continue reading →
Hard to believe that Nidal Hasan – aka the Fort Hood terrorist – is still alive. But perhaps not for long: The Pentagon announced Monday night that Nidal Malik Hasan, 56, better known as the Fort Hood shooter, will be … Continue reading →
The terrorist copilot had been plotting his attack for a long time, and his plan was mega-destructive. Fortunately, it didn’t work. But it came close: According to the officials, al-Hammami began his attempt to seize control of the aircraft only … Continue reading →
Three teenagers brutally murdered another teenager over thirty years ago. The crime was especially cold-blooded and horrific. One, Christa Pike, received the death penalty. The other two did not. The story: Christa Pike, now 50, has been in prison since … Continue reading →
The attempted (and failed) execution of Christa Pike is grisly and extremely disturbing on almost every level. It starts with the 1995 murder itself, segues into the long delay before carrying out the sentence, and then the failure of the … Continue reading →
It seems that we had a Flight 93 situation with a happier ending. But then again, compared to 9/11, this time the terrorists didn’t have to slay both pilots to take over the plane. The terrorist was one of the … Continue reading →