Not Exactly Joy to the World

Suddenly there is very bad news everywhere you look. Not that there has been such good news anywhere of late, but in the past couple of days society seems to be exploding, with shrapnel impaling all of us.

The recent shootings at Brown University in Providence, RI, and the terrorist-style antisemitic massacre on Australia's Bondi Beach were enough to make anyone fearful of setting foot outside. But then today we woke up to the news that a beloved Hollywood actor, director and comic genius was murdered, along with his wife, by their own son in their own home, pointing out that staying in isn't always safe either.

Making matters worse, those horrific slayings of Rob and Michele Reiner have brought to the forefront the possibility that our President is losing his mind, as Democrats have been saying about him for years. Being a Republican who has voted for Trump and agreed with his policies, I have often excused his bad behavior as typical political mudslinging. But Rob Reiner wasn't a politician, and thus Trump's heinous tweets on X about his death (Google it) seem cold-hearted and highly inappropriate for anyone to say, most of all a world leader. 

Despite this being the season of Hanukah and Christmas, a time of happiness, joy and peace on Earth, much of humanity is spinning out of control. All we can do as individuals is find something that makes us feel better -- be it faith in God, a gym workout or an Entenmann's chocolate cake -- and hope that cooler heads will ultimately prevail.