The heavily armed man, dressed in armor, who killed ten people celebrating New Years Eve in New Orleans has been identified by NOLA,Com as: 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar. Born in Texas, Army veteran, and, by his speech on this video:, he would seem to be a convert to Nation of Islam or some other African American Islamic sect. A poison is a poison, no matter who drinks it. More to come.
In Chapter 5 “Solomon” continues his discussion of the just man in an unjust society, where, when the just is rewarded, his former persecutors are dismayed:
I served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 1978 to Feb. 1982. The first three years were under Commander-in-Chief Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, and the final year under Commander-in-Chief Ronald Reagan. I’ll tell you what it was like.
A number of people have asked to continue the Italian lessons, which we shall do at a slower pace so long as there is one student. I do ask everyone is working on these lessons to respond to each post, if it is only to say, “Present.”
I shall in the future try to post these Greek lessons on Monday. But, since I promised to begin in January, here we are.
