The senseless killing of 20 children and their teachers and principal at Sandy Hook Elementary School was not part of God's grand plan. It was a thwarting of God's plan. It was the misuse of human freedom.
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NIGEL HAMILTON I belong to the Boston Biographers Group - and get my monthly 'fix' from them. Where else ca... NIGEL HAMILTON Selective memory is surely one of nature's most effective ways of ensuring the survival of our s... NIGEL HAMILTON Both JFK and George W. Bush were the sons of wealthy U.S. ambassadors and thus privileged to meet di... NIGEL HAMILTON I'm fascinated by the concept of what I call 'clusters of creativity': the Brontes, the ... NIGEL HAMILTON I was an 18-year-old kid, and I was in the heart of things in Washington. My interest in American po... NIGEL HAMILTON I've never really understood the term 'Post-Impressionism' as more than a label for Ceza... NIGEL HAMILTON To be sure, administrations since Ronald Reagan had gone out of their way to massage and 'spin... NIGEL HAMILTON Bill Clinton beat Bush's father, President George H.W. Bush, for the White House in 1992 by focu... NIGEL HAMILTON President Gerald Ford was no intellectual, but he had served with distinction in combat as a naval g... NIGEL HAMILTON In daring to re-tell the stories of the last twelve American presidents, both public and private, I ... NIGEL HAMILTON