The response on the left to Wednesday’s horrific mass-shooting in Minnesota of children at prayer by what appears to be a deranged trans “woman” has been to mock grieving survivors and supporters who are now praying for the victims’ souls. Elle Purnell at The Federalist offers a lesson in the meaning, purpose and value of prayer, one that elementary-school children can easily grasp but not, it seems, leading American politicians and media personalities.
Inhuman for Criminals, the Luck of the Draw for You and Me
The EU may have banished the “‘inhuman,’ ‘degrading,’ and ‘irreversible’” death penalty for criminals, writes Frank Haviland in The European Conservative – but its member states’ soft-on-crime, easy-on-illegal-immigrants policies are making violent death an increasingly common fate for innocent Europeans. In a world gripped by barbarian forces, writes Haviland, it’s time for Great Britain to hold a national referendum on restoring an older form of justice.
