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Delusion or Hate? Gaps Persist in Madness and Violence Cases

Delusion or Hate? Gaps Persist in Madness and Violence Cases
Rabbi Dovid Gutnick speaks to the media next to the burnt front entrance of the East Melbourne Synagogue in Melbourne on July 6, 2025. William West / AFP
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Reading the news from whatever source is often frustrating (quite apart from the fact that it is usually bad and depressing). Either the information is insufficient to come to a reasonable view of what is reported or a story that occupies all the headlines for several days disappears with equal suddenness so that you never get to hear the end of the story—that is, if any story can be said to have an end.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”