Diane Dimond's New Site
The woman’s Facebook page reveals she is a high school graduate, fit and trim looking and nicely dressed. She lives in small town in the southern U.S. and is a devoted Christian who loves animals. Each photograph shows her with a beaming, trusting smile. She is almost always seen standing alone and a simple scroll down her Facebook page makes it clear her husband is gone. She is a widow and a prime target. [Read more…]
Nothing is perfect. Can we all agree on that? Especially when we’re talking about all the digital technology that surrounds us these days.
But when deciding whether a technological advancement is worthwhile shouldn’t more weight be given to the amount of good it can do and not to the possible misuse of it? [Read more…]
If schools aren’t already back in session where you are they soon will be. As a sign of our times, many parents will worry about the safety of their child and the possibility of another deadly school shooting.
The fact is: while mass shootings in the U.S. seem all too frequent, occurring between 10 and 20 times a year, shootings at schools are extremely rare and their numbers have been on the decline since the peak in the early 1990’s. That said, even one more catastrophic event at a school is one too many. [Read more…]
Words matter. So does equal treatment. So, when the New York Times recently devoted a top-of-the-front-page, three column wide article equating the actions and words of the El Paso mass murderer to those of “right wing pundits”* I was curious to say the least. Was The Gray Lady saying conservatives somehow convinced someone to commit mass murder?
Extensively quoting (mostly) Fox News hosts and their guests the Times concluded that when speaking about the nation’s immigration crisis at the Southwestern border the words “invaders” or invasion” were used unashamedly and all too frequently by those they labeled “right wing pundits.” [Read more…]
All democrats want to take your guns. All republicans are racist. So is law enforcement, and police brutality is commonplace.
Of course, none of those statements is true but they highlight the groupthink that has infected the national conversation. When a police-involved death occurs it seems there are no shades of grey anymore, no need for facts, clarifying details or perspective – just the knee-jerk conclusion that the police officer was wrong. [Read more…]
(Photo: Vigil for Victims in Dayton, Ohio – courtesy Wiki Commons)
After the recent horror of multiple mass shootings – at a garlic festival in California, at a Wal-Mart in El Paso, and, finally, at a popular nightlife neighborhood of Dayton – I went to social media and posed two questions: “What is wrong with America? Why does this keep happening?” The responses were wildly different.
“Pundits will make this political, each blaming the other side’s ideology. But something bigger is happening here. It’s called evil.”
“I don’t think there’s enough being done to address the signals of mental illness.” [Read more…]
The woman’s Facebook page reveals she is a high school graduate, fit and trim looking ...
Nothing is perfect. Can we all agree on that? Especially when we’re talking about all ...
If schools aren’t already back in session where you are they soon will be. As ...
Words matter. So does equal treatment. So, when the New York Times recently devoted a ...
All democrats want to take your guns. All republicans are racist. So is law enforcement, ...
