On the evening of February 19, 2020, in the west German city of Hanau, a severely disturbed 43-year-old German male opened fire in two separate bars frequented by persons of non-German origin, particularly Turkish, killing nine innocent people.  It appears that all the victims were non-Germans, either immigrants or first-generation born of immigrants.  The murderer fled the scene, returned to his apartment, and turned the gun on his 72-year-old mother and then on himself. Eleven dead. The perpetrator, Tobias Rathjien, apparently never married, had posted an extensive internet manifesto before his evil deeds and, possibly, a video, where his crazed and odious views were on display, as well as his obviously severe mental derangement.  The events are still being investigated, so many of my sentences must begin with the phrase "it appears" or "apparently."  But the political consequences of this appalling mass murder are...(Read Full Article)