What a tragedy!

Here are some headlines from Chicago over the past three days

2 more teens die in South Side shootings

Boy, 14, shot in head on Far South Side

Teen is shot for the 3rd time this year

It is profoundly tragic that young lives are being lost every day while the politicians are busy raising money to get re-elected and the so-called News folks are busy with the 'hot story of the week'- currently offshore drilling for oil and the end of Tiger Woods' 2008 golf season.

A society that does not take care of its very young and the aged has lost its moral compass, according to the great sages in history.