Category Archives: Terrorism

Reflections on Chattanooga

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Stephen W. Browne

I was on the road again this past two weeks and not paying much attention to the news. Nevertheless I couldn’t avoid hearing that four Marines and a sailor were killed in a spree shooting at a recruitment center in … Continue reading →

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American Sniper highlights divisions in American society

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Stephen W. Browne

Clint Eastwood’s epic biopic “American Sniper” is hitting the target with all the accuracy of the legendary sniper it portrays, becoming the highest grossing domestic release of 2014. It has also generated a lot of vehement criticism along with the … Continue reading →

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Boston

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is my weekly op-ed column. Tamerlan Tsarnaev is dead and his brother Dzhokhar is in custody, which is the way it ought to be by rights. Yet there are people unhappy about it. The two brothers were from … Continue reading →

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Review: Argo

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: I see “Argo” won an academy award, and I see I neglected to post my review which first appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. So here it is. After a slow beginning the reputation of … Continue reading →

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Hard thinking about soft targets

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is cross-posted on my blog at The Marshall Independent. Today (Friday) my interview with Matthew Loeslie law enforcement coordinator at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, appeared in the Independent under the title, “Active shooter: What to do … Continue reading →

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Review: ‘Zero Dark 30’

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared in the print-only TV Guide of The Marshall Independent. Yes it’s pretty good. But if you can’t handle moral ambiguity and the often nasty way the world really works, you’ve got no business seeing it. “Zero Dark … Continue reading →

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Another 9/11

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Stephen W. Browne

“Say ye unto the Khwarezmians that I am the soveign of the sunrise, and [the emperor is] the sovereign of the sunset. Let there be between us a firm treaty of friendship, amity, and peace, and let traders and caravans … Continue reading →

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The most tragic of ironies

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

The ever-genial pessimist John Derbyshire pointed my way to a couple of posts by Debbie Schlussel, conservative blogger and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. By now no one has not heard of how Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik shot up the Norwegian … Continue reading →

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Are we too civilized?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

I’ve been busy, so I haven’t commented on the death of Osama bin Ladin, and it’s not like there was a dearth of comment anyway. And frankly, it’s been much more interesting to wait and see what the reaction has … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Itamar, part 2

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Stephen W. Browne

“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” – Thomas Sowell “Shver tzu zein a Yid” Yiddish saying, “It’s hard to be a Jew.” Back in Reflections on Itamar, part 1, … Continue reading →

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