I Stand With France

Days like today, when you hear and read about the horror in Paris, knock the breath right out of you. 

Six different locations targeted, 128 people confirmed killed. The work of "extremists". "terrorists."

I cannot even comprehend what the good people of Paris are going through right now. The people of France, much maligned and negatively stereotyped, are wonderful people, people who, like you and I, believe in freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of being.

And those beliefs have earned them the wrath of a band of religious zealots who do not believe in freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of being.

The French and Americans are kindred spirits. I stand with France.