Archive | December 14, 2012

Sandy Hook vs. Chengping: two school attacks in stark contrast

At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 27 people – 20 of them kindergarteners – are dead at the hands of a gunman armed with a Glock and a Sig Sauer. Meanwhile, a madman ran amok in a school in Henan province, China today, as well. A knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one […]

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Sandy Hook: Enough with the flashbacks already

Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that there was a school shooting by an adult assailant at a Connecticut elementary earlier today. Reports are still in flux, but at the moment it looks like an entire kindergarten class was likely murdered. As the parent of a first and third grader who are thousands […]

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CATEGORY: History2

Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions told until they are believed to be true

Part eight in a series “Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed to be true,” Ulysses S. Grant said in his Personal Memoirs. Grant was specifically referring to a fiction “based on a slight foundation of fact” from Appomattox Court House, where Robert E. Lee’s army surrendered. The formal surrender […]

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CATEGORY: Sports

Five reasons why soccer will eventually surpass football in the US – #5: Americans love a winner

Part five in a series. As Americans continue to succeed in the global game, expect fans to jump on the bandwagon. Back to my original thesis, noted in part one: Americans love a winner, and the more success we achieve on the global stage, the more fans here are going to latch on. …soccer might […]

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