We cannot bring back the stolen lives. We cannot bring back the lost limbs or the lost hearing. And we cannot mitigate the infinite grief of the victims’ loved ones. But there is something we can and must do: We must learn all the lessons we can. Here are some: 1. The gulf between the…
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The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Importance of Getting the Story Right
I don’t like second guessing journalists who are covering breaking news, especially on live television. It’s not easy. Early on the story is changing by the second and it’s hard to stay on top of each new development. So mistakes are going to be made. And in the Boston Marathon bombing story, journalists got an…
Boston Marathon Bombing a Bush-Cheney Conspiracy?
The father of the Tsarnaev brothers was interviewed in Russia, and an aunt was interviewed in Canada. Both claimed that the boys were framed, that this whole thing was a setup. They may not know it, but they have set the table for America’s vast horde of conspiracy theorists. I imagine that these wackos are…
Casual Terrorism
On Monday night I went before a live television audience and tried to put the Boston terror attack into some perspective. I told the viewers that as an American, I was angry. I said the attack was vile and cowardly; designed to injure innocent people – including children. I put forth that the Nazis did…
America’s Empty Slogan: “See Something, Say Something”
In brief remarks to the nation yesterday on the Boston Marathon bombings, President Obama said that “we all have a part to play in alerting authorities. If you see something suspicious, speak up.” In Washington, D.C., electronic signs urged commuters to be on guard. Law enforcement, big-city mayors and security experts all echoed that famous…
Media Ignore Mass Murder Trial
Remember all the attention the media gave to the O.J. Simpson murder trial? How could they resist, especially TV, since cameras were allowed in the courtroom? A super star football player, who’s black, is charged with killing his wife and the young man who was with her, both of whom are white. Never mind what…
Obama Compliments a Woman; Feminists Offended
Perhaps you’ve heard about the incredibly insensitive remark President Obama made the other day – the one that not only showed how indecent men can be, including even a progressive man like the president, but how words can be used as weapons to inflict great pain. I’m referring to the ugly comment the president made…
Conservatives Behaving Like Liberals
There was a time when I was invited by a well-known conservative magazine to speak on cruises that the magazine organized. Conservatives from all over America paid good money to visit far away places and listen to the likes of me talk about how corrupt the liberal media had become. But one evening, while cruising…