The great schism in the American body politic about guns, gun violence and mass shootings began on December 7, 1993; when, a Jamaican immigrant, Colin Ferguson, got    on the  subway     at the Flatbush Avenue Station in Brooklyn. He took that train to the Jamaica stop, and changed trains, boarding the Long Island Railroad,    heading east. He was carrying a Ruger P89 semi automatic pistol. And 160 rounds of ammunition.   "As the train approached the  Merillon Avenue station  in  Garden City Park ,  Long Island , Ferguson drew the gun, dropped several cartridges on the ground, stood up, and opened fire at random. During the next three minutes, he killed six people and injured another nineteen. Some passengers mistook the gunshots for caps or fireworks until a woman shouted, "He's got a gun! He's shooting people!"  Ferguson walked east (forward) on the train, pulling the trigger steadily about every half second. Several passengers tried to hide beneath their seats

This Blog is being written on Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2023; the day commemorates the SIX (6) million Jews killed by the Nazis, during World War II, the Holocaust. The date was chosen because it marks the date the concentration camp Auschwitz, was liberated from the Nazis by Soviet troops during World War II.   What is shocking, nay appalling, is the rise of anti-Semitism among Americans in 2023; what is shocking is how the righteous Ruling Elite in America intends, to combat this rising anti-Semitism, with platitudes and bromides and with worn out sophomoric appeals to America’s better angels.   Doesn’t the Ruling Elite have any clue about the American character?   Winston Churchill, whose mother was from Brooklyn, knew more about the angels in America than any current American thought leader.   It was Churchill who pegged the American character:  “ You  can  always count on the  Americans to do the right  thing  after they have tried everything else. ”   Americans in 20