Updated

     The more that comes out about the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk, the less sense it makes.  I don't trust most of what I'm seeing, so I have updated my earlier blog post to reflect the increased doubt, and I'm waiting for additional reporting from a wider variety of sources.

     What's out there at present is not internally consistent.  The majority of perpetrators of this kind of high-profile attack show a great deal of cognitive dissonance, beliefs that don't sort out as neatly as most people's -- just as this type of crime is uncommon and twisted, so, too, are the minds behind them.  Hunger for nihilistic fame remains a common factor, but if you were looking for "why" and hoping to find some handle you could turn down or even off, that's not much help.