A Nation of Terrorists?

My daughter called me from Chicago early this afternoon and told me that while walking in the downtown area near Union Station, she walked into a rally protesting the United States' support of Kosovo's declaration of independence. She said the banners proclaimed that the United States is a nation of terrorists.

Feeling a bit alarmed, I suggested that she "get out of there."

She laughed into her cell phone, and agreed.

All Five Shooting Victims Outside Chicago Were Women

YAHOO NEWS reports:

The victims — all females — were shot and killed at a Lane Bryant store at the Brookside Marketplace, police Sgt. T.J. Grady said.

Five Shot Outside Chicago in a Strip Mall

In Tinley Park, which is about 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, police received a 911 call at 10:44 a.m. Saturday, Sergeant Grady said in a televised news conference. When officers arrived at the shop, a Lane Bryant store, they found “multiple victims shot and killed,” he said.

It was uncertain Saturday afternoon whether others were injured.

The police here said they were searching for a man — wearing a winter waist length coat, blue jeans and a knit cap — in connection to the shooting.