Paul Johnson's Murder

Yesterday I began writing an essay on anti-Americanism among our elites, the ways this weakens us in the war on terror, and what it will take to convince some people that this really is war. Paul Johnson's murder was the catalyst for the piece, but it's grown into a longer work that I'll post when it's finished, which will most likely be tomorrow. One thought for today: we mustn't allow such acts to appear routine or portray them as the costs of doing business in that part of the world. It's good that his killers met their end, if reports are accurate. But his death is part of a much larger conflict; let's not retreat to a pre-9/11 worldview to lessen its horror.