For a Sunday evening ….

I haven’t written yet about Friday night’s AC360°, partly because the underlying theme, unplanned as I’m sure it was, was violence. And frankly, I have trouble saying much about it other than to echo the disgust that civilized human beings feel when others are murdered, raped, beaten, repressed, silenced, etc., etc.

I know that, unfortunately, there will be other times when this is appropriate to say, but I am comforted only in the thought that a sub-human like Chester Arthur Stiles will be judged accordingly in terms of eternity. There is insufficient punishment for him here on Earth. Enough said ...

On to other topics ... I applaud Jayann and Dave Sepich for their tireless efforts to pass “Katie’s Law” in all 50 states, in honor of their daughter, Katie Sepich. The law would mandate that a DNA sample be collected from suspects arrested for violent crimes. Not doing this almost seems like a “crime” in and of itself. And if the individual is cleared, purge the information – after it’s been cross-checked for matches with any other crimes. How much intelligence does it take to figure out that simple of a crime-fighting technique?



It’s sad to hear about the receding of the Great Lakes – especially after having lived near the shoreline of one of them for a few years. Another symptom – however minor it may seem – in the growing list of changes taking place due to global warming.



But Friday’s program ended with a not-so-serious subject – inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records – by someone running through as many plate glass window panes in a one-minute time span as possible. Say what?? Do you really want to keep risking the condition of your skull, spine, vertebrae, and other body parts to have your name appear in a book for some wild stunt that another lunatic will top in an alarmingly short period of time? I guess so ...



And one small “OT” note – if you have HBO, please watch (at least) the first 15 minutes of this week’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” – no, not for the monologue (although this week’s was pretty good) – but for the interview that Bill does with filmmaker Ken Burns. Ken’s latest documentary, “The War”, debuted on PBS this past week and will join his other films as a true classic. But it’s his understated, yet incisive and direct, comments about our current war - and other political topics – that shouldn’t be missed.

That’s it for now – if time permits, I’ll write more tomorrow about some other topics that are “on the radar”, as they say ...