July 25, 2012

Mass Murder A Modern Curse? Hardly.

The media often treat events as if they are new -- something unprecedented.  A good example is the issue of mass shootings.  Each time one hits the news, it is treated as something that, if not new, is a recent development. However, one doe...

June 13, 2012

The Grim Logic of 'Fairness'

There are many who insist that one particular form of societal organization is "more fair" than others.  That's the apparent underlying theme of the "Occupy" movement that has been making headlines the past year. Yet when one looks around the wo...