Lots of coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, but the media can’t provide the context or analysis to give it meaning or relevance other than as a random act of cruelty and tragedy.
If We Learn Geography, the Terrorists Win
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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My Dad/Dad’s is bigger than your Dad/Dad’s…
Henri
A select few mass murderers have support groups as large as the entire mass media.
This is so unfair and uncompetitive to the lesser start-ups.
One wonders where Sasha is. Still in denial or perhaps simply labeled “collateral damage” after she went out with a boy her father didn’t approve of. …
Seriously, though, the children of the White House rarely speak about their parents, do they? And certainly not to agree that their fathers did monstrous acts. Of the post-Nixon presidents, have any of them ever said anything critical of their fathers?
My comment of 26 April was meant for the cartoon on Malia’s support group, which has been postdated to 1 May. Odd !…
Henri