As events in Libya began to spiral out of control, it was Qaddafi’s son Saif who went on the air to give a rambling speech that talked of impending civil war and dark conspiratorial forces at work. I noted yesterday … Continue reading →
As a consequence of the domino effect that’s currently sweeping the Arab world, Libya’s Qaddafi is facing the challenge of his 41-year dictatorship’s life. There are tyrants, and then there are tyrants. Qaddafi is no Mubarak; he’s more brutal and … Continue reading →
The “brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating” of CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan by a crowd in Egypt is a horrific story that raises a host of questions, and has ramifications beyond the immediate threat to Logan and … Continue reading →
While doing research on political assassins of the past for this PJ piece of mine, I looked up the case of Herschel Grynszpan, a Polish-German Jew who had shot and killed the German diplomat Ernst vom Rath on November 7, … Continue reading →
The situation in Egypt keeps conjuring up memories of Iran for me. This seems as though it might become relevant again. I hope not; I hope that as events unfold it will turn out there was no analogy after all. … Continue reading →
“Rumors are circulating everywhere. You don’t know what’s true and what’s not true.” That statement by Sharif Abdul Bakhi (my phonetic spelling), a man living on the outskirts of Cairo who was just interviewed on CNN, seems to say it … Continue reading →
Amazingly, a video exists of the Tucson shootings, taken by a store security camera. It shows, among other things, that Judge Roll appears to have died trying to protect a fellow victim named Ronald Barber, who was on Giffords’ staff: … Continue reading →
CNN’s John King has apologized for guest Andy Shaw’s use of the now-forbidden word “crosshairs” in describing the Chicago mayoral race. Bravo! Let’s just ban all non-literal speech, metaphors and colorful language of any kind. Let’s ban not only guns, … Continue reading →
It seems that nearly everyone who came into contact with Jared Loughner during the past year or two sensed that he was weird, perhaps even crazy. Nor did the form his oddity took seem harmless, although as far as we … Continue reading →
Excellent article in the NY Times (yes, the NY Times) on the medical response in the first hours after the shooting. It is hands-on work, as you will see.
Continue reading →In the wake of the Tucson shooting, commenter Occam’s Beard made these remarks: The question is why they’re letting the mask slip now, instead of doing the Walter Cronkite and continuing to hide their true views. Perhaps [they] are doing … Continue reading →
I neither watched it nor listened to it, but I read the full text of Obama’s speech, and it seems that the orator who was heard at the 2004 Democratic Convention has returned. We always knew that this Obama existed, … Continue reading →