Author: Steven D

I am not offended, Sheriff Mike Jolley of Harris County if you wish to say Merry Christmas. Please, say it to your heart’s content. Have yourself a merry little Christmas, as the song goes. I suspect 99% of people in this...

In the wake of the Paris attacks, US politicians have been scrambling to show they are more hawkish than their counterparts regarding the terrorist group known variously as ISIS/The Islamic State/Daesh/ISIL (which for the sake...

Terrorists get all the attention. Religious fanatics attack people in Paris and the television networks and other news media are all over it like a moths flocking to a flame. According to one data set, around 30,000 people died...

… did not happen in Paris on Friday, despite the fact that it was a horrific incident. Yet, though 129 people have been confirmed dead by French authorities – and presumably more will die in the coming days and weeks...

It seems the death total from the Paris attacks may range as high as 153, perhaps more. This is an horrendous crime. A crime perpetrated not just by religious fanatics but more significantly, ideological extremists, people who...