News recently broke of a fatal mass shooting at Umpqua community College in Roseburg, Oregon. There are preliminary reports of 10 killed and 20 injured, but as we know, that can change. I have a very busy day today and … Continue reading →
This is the best interview I’ve seen with the three heroes of the French train terrorist attack. It’s with Megyn Kelly, and it’s the first time I’ve heard the three tell their story in such detail. Their characters really shine, … Continue reading →
On 9/11’s 10th anniversary I wrote a post that contained this observation: For those of us who were grownups when 9/11 happened, it’s also been transmuted””not to something that was always there, but to something that’s been incorporated into our … Continue reading →
Ace translates a fascinating interview Mark Moogalian gave to Le Figaro. In case you don’t recall who Moogalian is, he’s the Virginia-born professor married to a Frenchwoman and living in France, who was one of the first people to engage … Continue reading →
Expect more of this sort of horrific crime: A man shot a uniformed sheriff’s deputy “execution-style” while he fueled his patrol car in the Houston area, killing him instantly, authorities said. Deputy Darren H. Goforth, 47, was returning to his … Continue reading →
Now we know what the Virginia killer alleged were the racist words that had supposedly been uttered three years earlier by Alison Parker, whom he decided to finally murder: The 24-year-old white reporter, who was murdered on live TV along … Continue reading →
After shocking murders such as the one in Virginia yesterday, there are the predictable calls for more and/or better gun control, particularly regarding background checks. In the case of Flanagan, he purchased his gun legally and apparently passed a background … Continue reading →
…on live TV. The victims: reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward, both now deceased. They were attacked by former reporter Vester Lee Flanagan (aka Bryce Williams) during a live broadcast and the shooting was witnessed by viewers. As often … Continue reading →
…although this one was less successful, because he rushed towards the shooter before the gun jammed. I had wondered about the identity of the man on the train who was reported to have been shot in the neck, and here’s … Continue reading →
This is most definitely an interesting report: Thwarted train gunman Ayoub El-Qahzzani was part of an Islamic terrorist cell which came within hours of carrying out a ‘major’ attack in Belgium before it was shut down in a deadly fire-fight … Continue reading →
Well, it turns out there weren’t any Marines involved. Which turns out not to have really mattered. And there were three Americans, not two. One is in the Air Force, one in the Oregon National Guard, and one a civilian. … Continue reading →
The extremely sad and horrifying story of how Jennifer Pan, a Canadian woman whose parents hailed from Vietnam and who had huge dreams for her academic success and pressured her to achieve it, came to hire three hit men to … Continue reading →