Like most Americans who went to bed early the night before, I woke up sickened and saddened in 2025 by the tragedy that unfolded in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve.
I love that city, its character, its culture, and even the role it inadvertently played in helping OKC become a “Big League City,” so my heartfelt condolences go out to all the victims and their friends and families.
As the news unfolded over the next day or so, and more details emerged about the American-born and -bred lunatic who orchestrated the attack, I couldn’t help but reflect on how terrifying it is that it takes only one twisted, psychotic individual in this country of 325 million to fall victim to religious extremism and use it as justification to inflict so much hurt and pain.