I was driving into Chicago Monday morning, as WBEZ tried to bring as much light as heat to the slaughter in Orlando. A caller named Ben came on the air to speak to the host of Morning Shift, Tony Sarabia, and I recognized light.
But Ben was right. Congress will pray and do nothing. Individual Americans like me will reflect on being more shocked by the 2012 shooting during The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, when 12 persons lost their lives, than they were by the carnage at the Pulse, where 50 died. They will wonder what is happening to them.
“Remind us why,” said Sarabia. “I want to pay respect through action,” she told him. “We have to make changes if we don’t want this to happen.”
