When I turned to the Russian Orthodox Church YouTube Channel Monday, the webcast originated from Ekaterinburg,. It was in this city, East of the Urals, where Nicholas II and his family were murdered in 1918. The Bolsheviks (Communists) killed the Romanov Royal Family.

Only two days earlier, a person, or persons, attempted to murder a former President and current Presidential candidate, here in the good ole’ US of A.

If you’ve been around awhile, you know that political assassination is cause for celebration, whether successful or not. And every side has been known to celebrate. It’s a universal sickness.

America is a country where fools can praise assassination and be disappointed at a failed attempt. Kinda sick, ya know?

So when The Russians memorialize the martyred Czar, I pay special attention. Maybe one day, we Americans will find political violence appalling also.