The London Daily Mail has published a pretty extensive profile of Adam Lanza, who killed the 7 adults and 20 elementary school children in Newton, Connecticut. He was a loner Goth from a a very affluent family, split by divorce, which seems to have pushed
Mass murder of little children! Matricide! Unfathomable evil. What can be said about the school shootings in Connecticut? (I’m on the road, posting from my phone. Could someone post links to the story as it unfolds?)
Scotland is gearing up for a referendum, to be held in the Fall of 2014, that could lead to secession from Great Britain. The prospects for voters approving independence are, according to polls, quite good. The British Prime Minister David Cameron is no Lincoln. Cameron
E. J. Dionne’s tribute to the late, great Dave Brubeck contains some important insights into the arts in general: Too often in the arts, the fact that someone is accessible is taken to mean that he isn’t truly creative. This is a very wrong idea,
We blogged earlier about how the latest educational reform program being pushed in the public schools would require that 70% of the reading in public schools be “informational” rather than literary. Here is Alexandra Petri’s take on the issue: New Common Core standards (which impact
The French government is planning a crack-down on people with what is being called “religious pathologies,” including those that are overly orthodox and traditional, want to be separate from secular society, or believe in creationism. From Reuters: France will deport foreign-born imams and disband
Four women in the U. S. Army have filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding that the military drop its practice of excluding women from combat. Robert H. Scales, a retired Major General with combat experience, raises a concern that I haven’t heard before: Infantry
My wife and I have been watching an array of television mysteries. As I have noted, one way to determine who the murderer is in any contemporary American television drama is to notice which character is the most religious. He or she will almost invariably
The recreational use of marijuana is now legal in Colorado and Washington state. So is there any reason why Christians in those states should not use marijuana? Interestingly, one medical marijuana dispensary in California is run by evangelical Christians, who seem to be using their
The most effective political organization in America, judged by the recent elections, is Planned Parenthood. As reported by Sarah Kliff: Planned Parenthood Action Fund earned an honor this campaign cycle that had nothing to do with women’s health: It was the most effective political group
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