9 people were killed and several others wounded in a shooting at an outlet mall in a suburb of Dallas on Saturday. Seven people are still in the hospital being treated for their injuries, three of them are in critical condition while the others are stable.

Source: US: Shooter kills 8 at Texas outlet mall, police say – DW – 05/07/2023

Rising Covid-19 cases are threatening to strain Malaysia’s crowded hospitals and the Philippines reopened its coronavirus treatment wards amid a surge in South-east Asia, underscoring the need for governments to adjust to the disease’s ebb and flow in a world now living with the virus.

Source: Covid-19 rise tests Malaysia hospitals as Philippines reopens wards | The Straits Times

Source: Gunman reported dead after mass shooting at Texas outlet mall – Los Angeles Times

that so much of our culture is rotten when there is so much blatant in-your-face-openness about being sneaky or dishonest?  I’ll warrant a smidgen of…

How Can We Not Believe…

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My son came into the world, as my friend lay down his life

My maternal grandfather, Rex R. Forsyth, volunteered to serve in the United States Army Ambulance Corp in 1917. His unit was attached to the French …

Spoils of war

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA Derechos reservados conforme a la ley/ Copyright No es que uno, a cierta edad, desmantele los capítulos de su vida; simplemente, se trata de revisar los instantes épicos y los momentos de reposo, los encuentros y los desencuentros con cada suspiro de la existencia, lo que se hizo y lo que […]

Más allá de las auroras y de los ocasos — Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

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Originally posted on annieasksyou…: I am often critical of the mainstream media, whom I find too insensitive to the fragility of our democracy in their determination to present “both sides” of issues that often don’t have two sides. For example, I’m more than frustrated with much of the coverage of the House Republicans’ willingness to…

That Pesky First Amendment Scores Again! — Filosofa’s Word