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EXPLAINING EVIL Some will blame TV and video game violence. Depictions of murder
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rying to explain an evil act like the one that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., is on a par with explaining how the universe was formed. The natural human reaction after extending sympathy and prayers for the victims and their families is to ask what actions might have been taken to prevent the massacre. More gun laws? Connecticut already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. Those laws did not prevent a man with evil intent from carrying out his heinous act.
grounds where kids ought to be able to play in an atmosphere of fun and freedom? That may be where we are
More gun laws? Connecticut already has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. Those laws did not prevent a man with evil intent from carrying out his heinous act. and other violent acts on TV and in the movies have grown in recent years, but people killed people long before TV and movies. Such explanations are too easy. Would armed guards at Sandy Hook have helped? Possibly, but do we want guards at every elementary school, patrolling not only the halls, but play-
headed. What about locked doors? Sandy Hook’s doors were reportedly secured, but the shooter still managed to somehow gain access. As much as humans have tried for millennia to prevent evil acts, we have not succeeded. In the modern era, Woodrow Wilson believed his League
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of Nations would usher in peace on Earth, if not goodwill to men. The United Nations followed that aborted experiment. The U.N. has been equally unsuccessful in preventing the slaughter of innocents and other evil acts. Political leaders not usually identified with spiritual concepts are making use of the word “evil’ in accurately describing what happened in Newtown. We hear calls for prayers from politicians committed to the separation of church and state. Whether it is Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson, Aurora, Ft. Hood, Oklahoma City or the 9/11 terrorist attacks, evil seems to have gained a foothold in America. Not every parent with a child in public school has the option of homeschooling, but that is something they might want to consider if they want to create a completely safe environment. Even private schools can’t offer full protection from a deranged mind hellbent on carnage. More information about the killer will surface in the days to come, but even if we learn he was psychotic and off his medication, that will not satisfy our communal anger or anguish. It will not explain evil. It will not explain why 26 innocent lives were lost. The way to deal with evil is to first acknowledge that it exists and that we all possess the potential for it. We don’t become evil by what we do, but because of who we are. We are human beings, not God. We are not “basically good,” as some claim, we are imperfect and fall far short of any true standard of perfection. Evil is a “pre-existing condition.” In some it is controlled by an inner compass, or by laws and cultural constraints. When it is not, we get Sandy Hook and tragedies like it. We get what we do not understand and cannot begin to fathom. There may be no greater expression of evil than the murder of children in their classrooms. In calling for prayers, officials have taken an important first step in combating evil, but a larger question should be asked. Perhaps theologians, pastors, priests and rabbis are the ones to ask it, but permit me a suggestion. If there is a source of evil, is there also a source of good? And if there is, has that source for good been offended by all of the accumulated evil we are piling up, affording it an upper hand? As a friend of mine says, “Not a sermon, just a thought.”
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Reader Offended by Publisher’s Hypothesis Mr. Richard Matz, The beginnings of one of history’s “horrific” tragedies began when European settlers landed in the New World in the 16th century. Indentured servitude wasn’t successful and the indigenous peoples of the New World often died of small pox and other diseases Europeans carried and to which they did not build an immunity. Trade between Africans and Europeans expanded in Africa about this time. In exchange for European goods, Africans did not intentionally sell off their own people. It was an exchange of labor for goods. Europeans deliberately took advantage of this situation, instigating conflicts between warring tribes. It was then that the wealthy merchants exploited Africans through brutality and racism! Your people built the slave ships and made a cottage industry out of human suffering, not us! Get your facts straight! — From Al Simmons
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Think small. That’s what more of today’s car buyers are doing. But it’s not just new Volkswagens they’re buying. After several years of high gas prices and a sluggish economy, it seems U.S. consumers have finally taken to the idea of buying small, eco-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles across the board. About half of all new cars sold in the U.S. now have smaller four-cylinder engines. Meanwhile, federal fuel-efficiency standards — which will double the m.p.g. standards for cars and light trucks by 2025 — will continue putting pressure on manufacturers to produce vehicles with smaller engines and better fuel economy. Consumers seem to be on board at a time when the industry as a whole has recovered after the government bailouts. Sales were up 13% in September from a year ago and are currently at their highest point since February 2008.
to grow. But in 2012 that changed definitively. Thanks in part to new sources of shale oil in North Dakota and Texas—as well as conservation efforts to reduce oil consumption—the U.S. has enjoyed a major domestic oil boom. By November the country was producing 6.68 million barrels of oil a day, the highest level in 18 years— enough to make it a net exporter of petroleum products. By some estimates, the U.S. might eventually overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil
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By Alice Park When you’re the greatest Olympian of all time, it’s a challenge to find new ways to top yourself. After setting a record in gold-medal wins in Beijing, Michael Phelps wanted to make a new mark in London: the most decorated Olympian ever. And even with an uncharacteristic fourth-place finish in his first race, Phelps ended up accomplishing just that, closing out his career with his 18th gold medal (and 22nd medal overall) in the men’s 4-by-100-m medley relay. For eight years, both diehard fans and those new to the sport have been lured to the pool to satisfy their “will he or won’t he” curiosity, and they were rewarded by witnessing history. FINA, the international swimming federation, recognized Phelps’ achievements with a first-ever trophy to commemorate his unique status in both the sport and the Olympic movement. “I’ve been able to do everything I wanted,” said Phelps, who retired in London, of his history-making career. And now legions of new swimming fans can’t help but ask, What will we do in Rio? Special thanks to: time.com
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The Drug War in Mexico Continues
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The General’s Mistress: David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell
By Erin Skarda Just a few days after Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States, General David Petraeus — the highly respected director of the CIA and former commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan — announced his resignation, citing an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. But that’s where the story begins. Within days, a half-dozen other characters emerged: a Tampa socialite and her identical twin, a dogged FBI agent and another high-ranking general are all being investigated for breaches of security. Meanwhile, members of Congress asked why they were the last to know of the scandal, and conspiracy theorists questioned the timing of the general’s resignation, as it occurred just before he was slated to testify before Congress on the Benghazi consulate attack (the general testified a week later).
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Americans that it knew of no “virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombielike symptoms).” Thankfully, the flesh-eating incidents turned out to be less a trend and more a string of violent outbursts. Bath salts dropped out of the public eye, and the number of reported incidents thinned. However, if people haven’t gotten their fill of zombie news, they can always catch an episode of The Walki.
Lance Armstrong Is Stripped of His Titles
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the scandal and concluded that top administrators not only knew about Sandusky’s indiscretions but also attempted to conceal them, thereby putting the welfare of many children at risk. Shortly after the report was released, the NCAA imposed severe penalties on the football program, including a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason ban and a void on all victories from 1998 to 2011. Meanwhile, three top-ranking officials who were forced to resign — ex-president Gra-
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At a Christmas party they give annually for the “bar girls,” more than 200 prostitutes show up to play games like musical chairs and to hear a message from a former prostitute who tells her story of redemption, offering them a new life if they will only trust God. A few respond. One is called “Nim,” not her real name. Nim says she was abandoned by her mother and later sold by an opportunistic “auntie” to a couple who needed her to care for their aging parents. Nim says her work proved unsatisfactory and she was sold again to a bar where she was forced into prostitution. When the Thompsons rescued her they took her to a doctor who estimated her age at 11 or 12. She had no formal schooling, but they tutored her and she is now in a regular school. Nim recently received a “character pin” from the oldest daughter of Thailand’s king in recognition of her changed life and academic success. The rescued girls live in housing run by the Thompsons. They receive an allowance that partially compensates them for lost earnings. Many send portions of their allowances to family, which they used to do with their income from prostitution. The Thompsons are doing their small part, though the numbers seem overwhelming at times. Think of these girls as someone’s daughter or granddaughter and even though some of those relatives may have sold them, the message of love and self-worth sometimes breaks through, even in the red light districts of Bangkok.
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clockwise from top left ISAAC RESCUE Airmen from the Louisiana National Guard help rescue citizens from Braithwaite, La., in Plaquemines Parish during Hurricane Isaac, Aug. 29, 2012. PAYING RESPECT Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Micheal A. Cornelio pays respect after placing a wreath at a grave marker during Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 15, 2012. DOD photo by Sebastian Sciotti Jr. PARIS PAL A coalition force member pets Paris, a military working dog, during an Afghanled security patrol to deny the enemy freedom of movement in Khak-E-Safed in Afghanistan’s Farah province, Oct. 30, 2012. U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeauß ELDER GREETING U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ian J. Duncan greets an Afghan elder during the open-
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By Jeri Jacquin, Movie Maven 1. DJANGO UNCHAINED – From start to finish I laughed myself silly. Christoph Waltz is the heart of the film, Jaime Foxx is the hero, Leonardo di Caprio was evil but Samuel L. Jackson oooozed evil!
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9. LAWLESS – I am really shocked this film has received more attention. Tom Hardy and Shia LeBeouf put together a stellar story with Jessica Chastain about moonshining and protecting family. Hardy was quiet but deadly and I couldn’t have been more surprised.
4. LINCOLN – Daniel Day-Lewis has channeled this beloved President in such a way that anyone seeing it will walk away a little better for seeing it. I hardly think this performance will go unnoticed. 5. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY If it weren’t for the 3D and frame rate this film would have been pure perfection. Let that be a lesson to you Jackson! However, that being said – never have I been more happy to see Gandalf, Elron, Galadriel, Bilbo, Gollum and a few other surprises. Will I be there next December for another go? First in line with no regrets.
10. ARGO – I know I will get a lot of flack for not having this further up the list but understand I did enjoy ARGO very much. I think Ben Affleck will get his share of kudos and rightfully so. He kept to the story, the realism is there and the ending still have viewers on the edge of their seat. GUILTY PLEASURE: 3,2,1… FRANKIE GO BOOM – a film with an amazing cast doing unspeakably funny (and I mean unspeakably funny) things in a story about love, life and a brother who films everything. I have watched this film several times because it is one of the funniest twisted things I’ve ever seen!
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