As a child, I knew I’d never be able to have children. It was an opportunity that was simply not present for me. Still, I always wanted children. Though I don’t feel envy, I’m sometimes saddened when I see happy parents with children they love. So I can’t understand why Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen…
Political agendas are far more important than murder victims
December 2, 2023
Today terrorists shot up the Inland Regional Center (IRC) in San Bernadino, California. At least fourteen people were killed and another seventeen wounded. Although the IRC serves people with developmental disabilities in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the target was a Christmas party in a room rented by employees of the San Bernadino County Public…
Lynch mobs, dancing on graves, and making political hay
November 28, 2023
When I was a child, I saw one of the most horrifying films ever made: The Ox-Bow Incident. It’s about the psychology of lynch mobs. Yesterday Robert Lewis Dear Jr carried out a six-hour siege at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He killed two civilians and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Police officer…
I’m reminded that you never cross the finish line
November 26, 2023
Today I was reminded again that I have an entire universe to traverse before I can sleep. I’m trying to improve myself, but there’s no finish line. In this race, you’re either a player in it forever, or you’re sitting on the sidelines. My problem is not that I’m a misanthrope; I just get furious…
Debunking an inexcusable clusterf*ck created by journalists
November 24, 2023
I can tell you only one thing with certainty: Today the Turks shot down a Russian Sukoi Su-24 bomber. That is the only fact of which I’m positive, since both the Turks and Russians agree that it happened. Everything else—and I mean literally EVERYTHING—being reported is a lie. I should just shut up and get…