"Remember the great Ebola scare of 2014?"

"The threat of a pandemic, like the threat of a terrorist attack, was real. But it was greatly exaggerated, thanks in large part to hype from the same people now hyping the terrorist danger."

The more we learn, the more we understand that the brothers attacking in Paris last week -- in a plot organized and orchestrated by one of them -- sound much like the Tsarnaev brothers in Boston. Just smarter, and involving others.

The "mastermind" was the final attacker of the eight, allegedly killed in a raid days later, just as one Tsarnaev brother was killed, and another taken alive in the days after the Boston terror attacks.

I was proud at how Boston responded: back on her feet, up and moving as quickly as possible. Paris will get there too.

Luckily, the French did not bomb Belgium to smithereens.

It remains to be seen whether the world over-reacts and shoots itself in the economy responding to the deaths, in kind; Whether we choose to compromise our morals, and accept the consequences of a 'Life is Cheap' attitude here at home, which is what the killers always want to teach us.

What lessons will you take away from the past week, and who is teaching you today?
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Happy and healthy weekend to all;
we went from pushing 60 degrees on Wednesday, blustery and springlike with the winds from the south, to hovering at 30 degrees yesterday, also a windy one, but overcast with none of the previous day's sunshine. Snow swirled, winter announced her presence, but my feeling is she will be milder this year. Not so deadly cold.