Herbert broadens the view

... as a f/u to my last post pointing at Frank Rich's article, Bob Herbert reminds us that a rising tide of murderous extremism is hardly confined to white supremacist christians, and the language of hate does not only stem from Fox News and Limbaugh.

Whazzup, America? I honestly don't believe (contrary to many of my co-liberals) that guns are the problem. Why are we "up in arms"?! Has anyone tried to answer this critical question, since Moore's Bowling for Columbine?

The At Long Last Death of William Zantziger

So now I find myself wishing that the Christian idea of some sort of final judgment is true. And hoping that Hattie Carrol's family breathes more freely and walks a bit lighter now.

This is what happened in 1963, a short stark write-up from the New York Times.


This is perhaps the best commentary on this "incident" among thousands upon thousands of similar "incidents" in the history of America (and of "civilization" in general):