A terrible tragedy Saturday, and such nonsense afterward in the media...

That one is tempted to simply decline henceforward to pay any attention whatsoever to the hastening dissolution of what remains of our civilisation; still, that isn't a legitimate option for Christians living in the world, is it.  I hope that Mr Obama's address was as comforting and reassuring as some usually reliable commentators have indicated that it was; for the rest, Mrs Elizabeth Scalia (in a more general way, on the press and Mrs Palin) and Mr John Steele Gordon (on the specific case of that fellow Paul Krugman at the Times) capture my sentiments anent this business. Requiescant in pace.