The Colorado Springs shootings have afforded the media and the left many opportunities to criticize the right, but one of the most creative is this type of article, headlined “After two days of silence, GOP candidates respond to Planned Parenthood … Continue reading →
We still know very little about the background and motive to the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado yesterday. The suspect is in custody and three people are dead, including a police officer. It is easy to speculate that the gunman … Continue reading →
The FBI keeps statistics on terrorist attacks within the US, and yesterday commenter “japan” brought up the fact that, when they count number of attacks in the last couple of decades, the vast majority have not been committed by Muslims. … Continue reading →
Yesterday’s terrorist attacks in Paris were exactly the sort of thing everyone who has been paying attention to ISIS (which claimed responsibility, and probably isn’t lying) was expecting. Unfortunately, the details of exactly where, when, and how were not predicted. … Continue reading →
[UPDATE 12:15 PM 11/5: As is so often the case, the most detailed information and photos we’re getting early on about the attack is from the British press. It should also come as no surprise to anyone that the man … Continue reading →
What are the roots of the stabbing intifada? Jeffrey Goldberg takes a long time to say it, but he gets most of it said. It’s not a “cycle of violence” where both sides are similar. One side is lying and … Continue reading →
Call it the Knife Intifada. From Bret Stephens: …[T]wo weeks of Palestinian assaults…began when Hamas killed a Jewish couple as they were driving with their four children in the northern West Bank. Two days later, a Palestinian teenager stabbed two … Continue reading →
…in creative headline-writing. And how many people read past that headline?
Continue reading →Suicide terrorists have killed at least 86 (probably more) at a Turkish peace rally in Ankara: The explosion, which caused chaos and bloodshed, took place during a peace march involving, among others, the pro-Kurdish HDP, or People’s Democratic Party. The … Continue reading →
Spencer Stone is in the hospital with stabbing injuries that have been described as “non-life-threatening.” All three of the American friends who helped subdue the French train attacker are from the Sacramento area. Sacramento is a pretty rough town, crimewise. … Continue reading →
There are many reports that the gunman singled out Christians for killing. We don’t know why, although it’s easy to think of several possible reasons: to get attention, because he hated Christians, because he was an anti-Christian Muslim, because he … Continue reading →
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 →