Tag: Sad

The Uvalde shooting: a tragedy with some strange elements

  Thoughts, prayers and support go out to the bereaved of Uvalde.  For parents and siblings to lose sons and daughters, brothers and sisters like that, particularly at so early an age, is tragic beyond description.  May God give the survivors what comfort they are able to receive, and accept the souls of the dead… Continue reading The Uvalde shooting: a tragedy with some strange elements

Sympathy for Bruce Willis

  I was saddened to read about Bruce Willis‘ forced retirement from acting due to aphasia.  I knew very little about the disease/condition, and tried to find out more about it.  Jewish World Review has a good article on the subject. Aphasia is a disorder that robs people of their basic communication skills. It affects… Continue reading Sympathy for Bruce Willis

Primitive superstition rears its ugly head yet again…

  The BBC reports: Armed with a sharp knife, a megaphone and dressed all in black, Gbenga Adewoyin could have passed for a medieval witch hunter, a herbal salesman or an urban preacher as he walked around a market in the south-western Nigerian city of Ibadan. Those curious enough to get close in the Gbagi… Continue reading Primitive superstition rears its ugly head yet again…

Spare a prayer for fellow blogger Stilton Jarlsberg and his wife

  I’m sure many of my readers are familiar with the blog of “Stilton Jarlsberg”, who sheds illuminating (and very amusing) light on current events. Sadly, events in his life are anything but amusing right now.  His wife has been battling with cancer for a long time, and it looks like her options for further… Continue reading Spare a prayer for fellow blogger Stilton Jarlsberg and his wife

Sometimes an article will bring a tear to your eye

  This one did, to mine. On Dec. 2, Haley and her husband Jb Parke welcomed their newborn son John Beeson Parke (Jb), three weeks early. The Sunday before, her husband was admitted to the hospital with complications from cancer. While the couple thought they had 6 months, they found out on Wednesday that it… Continue reading Sometimes an article will bring a tear to your eye

America has lost one of its most incisive, insightful voices

  Professor Angelo Codevilla, whom we’ve met in these pages many times before, has died of injuries he suffered from a vehicle accident.  He was apparently knocked down by a drunk driver. It may be a measure of the cynicism and suspicion that dominate American politics today that not a few people – including myself… Continue reading America has lost one of its most incisive, insightful voices

Learning to die

  In a moving, thought-provoking essay, journalist Jack Thomas describes coming to terms with his imminent death. After a week of injections, blood tests, X-rays, and a CAT scan, I have been diagnosed with cancer. It’s inoperable. Doctors say it will kill me within a time they measure not in years, but months. As the saying… Continue reading Learning to die

When technology kills

  There’s a very sad report out of Canada, one that might have repercussions in America as well.  It’s an analysis of what caused the crash of a Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone helicopter last year, killing everyone aboard. As a pilot guided one of Canada’s navy helicopters up into a tight turn, neither his training nor… Continue reading When technology kills