Perhaps the Imus-inspired, heart-searching national dialog on race relations that the chattering class promised us will resume in a few days. Or maybe not. American Idol is still going, isn’t it?
For the time being, MSNBC has short profiles on the VA Tech shooting victims.
Talk Left sensibly points out that now is not the time to debate gun policy. I agree. I’ve grown weary of news programs filling air time with silly gun control arguments. Sure, there’s a time to debate firearms, but it isn’t now. The discussion is too colored by this isolated incident. Wait until things cool off and we again have a broader perspective.