SEVENTEEN PEOPLE were shot dead at a high school in Parkland, Florida this week. Accused shooter Nikolas Cruz reportedly heard voices in his head that told him how to carry out the attack.

Rather than address the politicization of this tragedy, which began within minutes, we discuss how we should respond to abuse directed at Christians in the wake of events like this. It's not easy to turn the other cheek, but look -- if loving our neighbors as ourselves was easy, everybody would do it.

Also: Cryptocurrency craze interfering with search for aliens; sonic device causing brain injury to American diplomats in Cuba; and the silliness of pretending that the 2016 presidential election was the first time Russia tried to interfere in American politics. News flash: It's what countries do.

Why do you think Congress funds the International Republican Institute and the National Endowment for Democracy?

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