So far I haven’t written about the latest mass murder and the latest mass murderer, Elliot Rodger. That’s because there is a certain repetitiveness to these horrific crimes and the reaction to them. A young and angry perpetrator. Blaming his … Continue reading →
…Holocaust Remembrance Day. Bookworm writes: Back in the 1930s, no one could believe that the Germans, considered the most civilized and advanced of all Europeans, could become so bestial. The tragedy today is that, when we look at the Islamists, … Continue reading →
I’m reading the book Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties by David Horowitz and Peter Collier. It’s a chilling document, especially because—unlike in 1989, when the book was first written—it’s become more and more clear that the left’s long … Continue reading →
Some things never go out of style: A 16-year-old boy “was flashing two knives around” when he injured 19 students and a school police officer who eventually subdued him with the help of an assistant principal at a high school … Continue reading →
Peter Lanza, the father of Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza, was interviewed for this lengthy New Yorker piece. The case remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. My guess, when all is said and done, is … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a horrific terrorist attack at a train station in China, in which knife-wielding separatists killed at least 29 people and wounded over a hundred others before four of the murderers were shot and killed by police. Points … Continue reading →
Report from Venezuela: A grave line has been crossed. Real, physical violence is finally catching up with the huge reserve of pent-up rhetorical violence we’ve suffered through since 1999. We’ve spent 15 years fearing this. Now we’re living it. [NOTE: … Continue reading →
Read it. And then wonder whether the NY Times ever gets anything right.
Continue reading →When I was young I came across this book of courtroom speeches by Clarence Darrow. Although I was only about eleven years old it enthralled me, and I think it was one of the reasons I ended up going to … Continue reading →
My answer: I’m not at all sure. But I was brainstorming the question after reading about the most recent incident of flash mob violence, which occurred in a Brooklyn mall: A wild flash mob stormed and trashed a Brooklyn mall, … Continue reading →
…appears to have been acting alone and was not reported to have telegraphed any particular warning signs, mental illness, or violent tendencies. Good student, excellent debater—who had been kicked off the debating team and was seeking revenge. That certainly can’t … Continue reading →
There don’t seem to be any, except that some acts of evil are inscrutable and beyond our understanding. Many of the assumptions people had about Adam Lanza and his murders are undermined by the official report, according to Jacob Sullum … Continue reading →