Commentary
The cell phones were buzzing non-stop at our house on March 27. Who was this person? What motivated him or her?
It was a “trans” person but because the police announcement was so cautious—probably correctly—no one was immediately sure, until very late, which way the transition had gone.
Still, there are many unanswered, some undoubtedly buried in the shooter’s “manifesto.”
The tragic shooting that took six lives, three of them children, at Nashville’s Covenant School occurred a four-minute drive from my house. I pass the school regularly to get to the local Walgreens or Whole Foods.
That doesn’t give me any special insight into this horrific event that’s now dominating our television screens; on the other hand, it should be no surprise that I can’t stop thinking about it….