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Time Magazine adds a correction to its cover story" The original version of this story misstated what happened to the girl in the photo after she taken from the scene. The girl was not carried away screaming by U.S. Border Patrol agents; her mother picked her up and the two were taken away together."
Other than that, the story was accurate
In Memoriam
Charles Krauthammer, RIP
"In an age when political commentary is getting shallower and more vituperative, we will especially miss Charles’s style of writing — calm, carefully constructed arguments based on propositions and evidence, tinged with a cutting wit and wry humor but never malice. There’s another quality of his that we will miss: intellectual independence." -- Peter Wehner on Charles Krauthammer in the NY Times.
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Illinois School cop stops shooter
A school shooting may have been narrowly averted on Wednesday — thanks in part to the quick response of a school resource officer, who shot a gunman before anyone else was harmed.
The authorities in Dixon, Ill., said the officer, Mark Dallas, was on duty at Dixon High School near a gymnasium, where students were gathered for a graduation rehearsal, when he heard gunshots at 8:06 a.m. He confronted the gunman, chased him out of the school and pursued him down a nearby street, the police said.
The gunman, a student at the school identified as Matthew A. Milby, 19, of Dixon, shot at the officer but missed, the police said. Mr. Dallas returned fire and struck Mr. Milby, who was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
“I could not be more proud of the police officer and the way he responded in this situation,” Dixon Police Chief Steve Howell said. “Because of his heroic actions, countless lives were saved. We are forever indebted to him for his service and his bravery.” — NY Times 05-17-18
Maryland School cop stops shooter
(CNN) A 17-year-old male student shot two other students at Great Mills High School in Maryland on Tuesday morning before a school resource officer engaged him and stopped the threat, authorities said.
The incident began in a school hallway at 7:55 a.m., just before classes started. Authorities say Austin Wyatt Rollins, armed with a handgun, shot a female and a male student. The shooter had a prior relationship with the female student, St. Mary’s County Sheriff Tim Cameron said.School resource officer Blaine Gaskill responded to the scene in less than a minute, the sheriff said. Gaskill fired a round at the shooter, and the shooter fired a round simultaneously, Cameron said.Rollins was later pronounced dead. Gaskill was unharmed. The 16-year-old female student is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, and the 14-year-old male student who was shot is in stable condition. Judge Troupis
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Category Archives: Governor’s race
Moderates won Tuesday’s special WI elections
It’s always Act 10 in Wisconsin If Republicans should be fingering worry beads about Tuesday’s (06-12-18) two special legislative elections — and they should be — our progressive and socialist acquaintances will need professional grief counseling. Republicans retained the Assembly … Continue reading
About that Blue Wave: Not so fast!
Do Wisconsin Democrats want to remind voters of the 2011 Capitol takeover? All we know here at the Stately Manor is what we read in the Boys Weekly Reader, delivered to our marbled doorstep in a plain brown wrapper. But … Continue reading
Help, Wisconsin has fallen and Democrats are desperate
More ‘sky is falling’ hyperbole from inside the Madison bubble One of these days, Paul Fanlund will encounter a real live conservative instead of getting his morning cup of joe filtered through some sociology panel at RadFest. Perhaps the Capital Times … Continue reading
‘Obama was just too good for us’
We were not worthy; so we replaced him with a rascal Is the worm turning? • Talks with North Korea are back on. • The job market is the best in 18 years. Wages are up. • Even some Democratic … Continue reading
When political hate substitutes for principled reason
The Capital Times advises: Take the money and run Any day now, the nicest guy in the world, Capital Times emeritus editor Dave Zweifel, will write a paean to a kinder and gentler politics, civil discourse, and the Chicago Cubs. … Continue reading
Blaska spills his guts
Doing Ms. Vicki McKenna’s show at 4 p.m. Do tune in. “A lot of people don’t have their needs met.” Could serve as the motto of all cop haters, as spoken by Garrett Lee at Tuesday’s Madison Common Council meeting. … Continue reading
