JUST HEARD NPR on the Washington shootings. They didn’t breathe a word about the possibility that terrorism might be involved.

Weirdly, this was followed by a reviewer praising the Veggie Tales.

UPDATE: A reader writes:

It was indeed terrorism. We in Montgomery County were absolutely terrorized: kids locked into schools, people afraid to leave home, police everywhere. But terrorism doesn’t equal Al Qaeda, you know……we breed plenty of our own terrorists right here in the US (Oklahoma City, high school massacres, racist murders, and so on). In fact, this country has a long and proud history of domestic terrorism.

Yes. Though increasing links between Islamic fundamentalism and home-grown American terrorists (part of David Carr’s global convergence of idiocy) make the distinction less meaningful all the time.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Like I said.

YET ANOTHER UPDATE: Charles Austin emails:

As I was driving into work and listening to Morning Edition, they noted that, “authorities now believe the shootings may be related.” Isn’t it funny how selective that old aphorism of “Question Authority” can be at times? What better reason to question authority than when authority refuses to display a firm grasp of the bleeding obvious?

Yeah. That reminds me of the LAX shooting and the response to questions about terrorism. It’s one thing to say we don’t know. It’s another to make a big deal out of ignoring the obvious.