Bloomberg (October 18)
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is only 33, which explains a lot. Exile isn’t a realistic option. “Kim needs strategies for hanging on to power for 50 years or more. That’s a tall order, but it helps us understand that his apparently crazy tactics are probably driven by some very reasonable calculations, albeit selfish and evil ones.”
Tags: Crazy, Evil, Exile, Kim, North Korea, Reasonable, Selfish, Tactics
Washington Post (October 2)
“America has no monopoly on evil or sick people, yet it loses far more people to gun violence. Other countries — notably Australia following a mass shooting in 1996 — have demonstrated the possibility of bans on assault weapons and other common-sense restrictions. What makes America unique is the absence of political will and leadership.”
Tags: Assault weapons, Australia, Bans, Common-sense restrictions, Evil, Gun violence, Leadership, Mass shooting, Monopoly, Political will, U.S.
New York Times (December 25)
“Evil is everywhere, and anger and hatred are loud. The shouting drowns out the quiet; tragedy and disaster block the view of the good. Yet there are always signs of progress toward a better future. Look, or you may miss them.”
Washington Post (January 6)
North Korea’s regime is incomprehensible to many Americans. “There is something about the harshness and the evil nature of the North Korean regime that defies imagination: It’s so bizarre that it makes us laugh rather than cry.” It shouldn’t. North Korea “imprisons whole families for generations. When food is short, it quietly allows thousands to die off.” Under the rule of Kim Jong Un, reality is stark: “people die of starvation and torture.”
Tags: Bizarre, Evil, Harshness, Imprisons, Kim Jong Un, North Korea, Starvation, Torture, U.S.
