Seeking sanity on Syrian refugees

 ISIS boasts that it's embedding its fighters in the flood of refugees escaping war-torn Syria. Frontline Greece says it doesn't have the resources to properly screen the tsunami of humanity. Brussels, after years of looking the other way, is on lockdown looking for terrorists involved in planning  the Paris attacks and more,  who travel freely in a borderless …

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Mourning Paris journalists and attack on press freedom

If I were technologically proficient, I'd edge this blog in black. How profoundly sad is the grievous slaughter of 12 yesterday in Paris, journalists and their police protectors at the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo.  What an unspeakable attack on press freedom and the underpinnings of democracy.  What a barbaric assault on humanity! Say what you want …

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