Other than the actual murder and maiming, the thing I hate the most about mass murderers of all stripes -- be they psychopaths, jihadists, white supremacists, Luddites, gangsters, or a radical faction of “Up with People” -- is the mad rush by observers to yoke the slaughter to a political agenda.Read more here.
I’m not excluding my own side, or myself, from this indictment. If you hung out on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, you could feel the eagerness and frustration out there. Like my dogs working themselves up into a frenzy as I put on my shoes too slowly for their perambulatory needs, people strained against the chains of the news flow, yearning to get to the point where they could launch their “Ah ha!” attacks at the other side.
This blog is looking for wisdom, to have and to share. It is also looking for other rare character traits like good humor, courage, and honor. It is not an easy road, because all of us fall short. But God is love, forgiveness and grace. Those who believe in Him and repent of their sins have the promise of His Holy Spirit to guide us and show us the Way.
Saturday, December 05, 2015
“Ah ha!”
Jonah Goldberg writes at National Review,
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