Being a city dweller I either walk or take the subway most places. I never think twice about it. But the
other day I noticed something new and I have to admit it gave me pause.
It was just a few days after the terrorist attacks in Brussels. The second I entered the subway station I noticed two police Continue reading
Like everyone else I was horrified to hear of yet another mass shooting, this time in San Bernadino 
California. And “no,” I am not going to get into how I feel about the whole gun issue. There’s nothing left to say.
This post is about a press conference I saw when I was watching the TV coverage the day it all happened. Because this tragedy occurred so close to the terrorist attacks in Paris, and elsewhere, because we’ve seen so much barbarism, ‘terrorism’ is the first thing that comes to mind now when any act of violence takes place Continue reading
Shut the f*ck up already. Really. Your incessant repetition of nothing is so getting on my nerves. The endless speculation that 
goes nowhere. The constant questions. The meaningless questions. The ever-growing stream of ‘experts’ who have no answers because there are no answers. Your relentless prying and probing and the never-ending exploitation of people’s sadness and grief. Please. Stop.
Enough already. Give it a rest.
It’s bad enough when there’s a snowstorm and your poor, unfortunate, frost-bitten reporters are sent hither, thither and yon to freeze their asses off, so you can keep tabs on how high the snow drifts are. Or when a plane goes down.
You just can’t get enough of the gory details. Over and over and over and over again you ask what it must have been like to be a passenger on that plane as it spun out of control and it became Continue reading
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