2015-11-09 18:14
I ran into this last night:"Charges: Woman attacked non-English speaking Applebee's diner"KARE 11 Staff, KARE (November 5, 2015)"A woman is charged with assault for allegedly smashing a beer… Read More
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Welcome to the 21st century. The Cold War, WWII, and WWI are over.The 19th and 20th centuries' class conflicts and colonial issues are behind us. "Oppressed proletariat" and "European expansionism" are no longer relevant. Religious fanatics want their beliefs to rule the world. Free people want to stay that way. Here's my view of the 21st century's great conflict -
2015-07-19 18:31
A fifth victim died in raising recent Chattanooga, Tennessee, attack's death toll to six. (BBC News)As I said Thursday, that's a tragedy. (July 16, 2015)However, I think it's prudent to reme… Read More
2015-07-17 00:47
Maybe you've seen the headlines:(From AP, via BBC News, used w/o permission.)("Police were deployed on the Amnicola Highway near the US Navy reserve centre in Chattanooga"(BBC News))"Chattan… Read More
2015-01-10 19:57
(From Jeremy Schultz, via Reuters, used w/o permission.)("Police entering the supermarket."(Reuters))Here we go again. This time it's in Paris, France.My guess is that body count will keep g… Read More
2015-01-09 19:41
This isn't, as I've said before, a "political" blog.I don't claim that a particular party or person is always right, or wrong; or believe that major problems are always the result of commie… Read More
2014-09-30 00:58
First, the good news. Nobody died. The suicidal employee who destroyed a key air traffic control center near Chicago, Illinois, has charged with one count of "destruction of aircraft or airc… Read More
2014-09-26 22:02
I've said it before: war is not nice. Things get broken. People die.But sometimes it's better than the alternative.(From U.S. Central Command / Reuters, used w/o permission.)("A still image… Read More
2014-09-12 03:03
About 3,000 folks died in attacks on New York City's World Trade Center and the Pentagon on this date, 13 years ago.The death toll would almost certainly have been higher, if passengers and… Read More
2014-07-18 20:43
(From Reuters, used w/o permission)("Debris is pictured at the site of Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash, near the village of Grabovo in the Donetsk region July 18, 2014."(… Read More
2014-05-15 13:00
(From the National September 11 Memorial Museum website, used w/o permission.)I doubt that I will ever see the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City. I live about a thousand… Read More
2014-04-21 20:47
First, the good news: the teen is alive, and apparently in good health.Now, the not-so-good news: a 16-year-old walked or ran to an airliner at Mineta San Jose International Airport, climbed… Read More
2014-03-21 02:12
(From AP, via BBC News, used w/o permission.)"Messages of support for those aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 lie in the viewing gallery at Kuala Lumpur airport"Sadly, the facts I posted… Read More
2014-02-27 20:01
In a way, it's business-as-usual.Protestors waving flags; two groups, two national flags; a major power conducts military exercises nearby, saying that it wants to avert a crisis.Depending o… Read More
2014-02-24 22:22
Steve Rogers is a comic book character brought to life by Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures. In the last scenes of "Captain America: The First Avenger" he runs from a reasonable fa… Read More
2013-12-14 17:32
(From FoxNews.com, used w/o permission.)Terry L. Loewen, 58: aviation technician and would-be Al Qaeda suicide bomber, apparently.Mr. Loewen wrote that he planned to be "martyred in the path… Read More
2013-12-01 23:01
What happened at the Washington Navy Shipyard yesterday morning is starting to look less like a terrorist attack, and more like what the CDC calls workplace violence:"Occupational Violence"W… Read More
2013-12-01 23:00
(From New York Magazine, used w/o permission.)Miriam Carey, deceased.Life, Death, and OpinionsA woman driving a car in Washington DC yesterday caused alarm by apparently attempting to run a… Read More
2013-12-01 14:00
First, the good news: The Kiev chief of police seems to realize that storming a camp of protestors doesn't make his troops look good.Not-so-good news: folks who want Ukraine's government to… Read More
2013-09-16 18:27
(Reuters, via BBC News, used w/o permission.)So far, BBC News seems to have the best summary of what's happened:A gunman has killed at least four people at the Washington Navy Yard, a naval… Read More
2013-09-11 16:40
It's a bright September morning here in central Minnesota. A school bus went by a few minutes ago.Like most Americans, folks here are at work, sitting in classrooms, driving or walking, sitt… Read More
2013-08-28 15:42
Syria is in the news, as usual.This time, Syria's government seems to have been caught using chemical weapons to kill folks who aren't on the 'approved' list:"U.N. probes alleged gas attack;… Read More
2013-08-28 03:38
Mainstream news from Egypt is like most old-school journalism: death; bloodshed; more death; "the center cannot hold;" and all that.Now and then a journalist decides that talking to folks wh… Read More
2013-08-26 03:28
If the joint chiefs of staff placed America's president under house arrest, locked up the House majority leader, and declared that new elections would be held this august, that would bother… Read More
2013-08-06 05:25
Embassy closings were in the weekend's news, but I decided to wait at least a day before starting this post. The State Department acting out of "an abundance of caution" is sensible. Jumping… Read More
2013-07-07 20:10
I have some respect for America's armed forces. They deal with a very unpleasant reality: that occasionally force is needed to protect the lives and well-being of Americans and others.Americ… Read More
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