April 17th, 2008

I like to listen to talk radio during the day when I take a periodic break from writing. I find it interested that today the talk show hosts are up in arms about the raid on the church grounds in Texas. They’re criticizing the government for storming the compound and taking the more than 400 children that lived there into custody. The action was prompted by a sixteen year old girl who called authorities claiming to be abused. A girl now no one can find and the mothers at the compound state they don’t know. The talk show hosts are outraged that there was nothing more required than a single allegation for the government to raid the church compound and take the children. I’m not surprised at all. I know from personal experience that entire lives can be lost and ruined by a single allegation. There doesn’t have to be any proof. No evidence. A single allegation and that’s all it takes. And we should all be afraid. Very afraid. I finished chapter nine of the posse book today. It’s an exciting story and I can’t wait to see it in print. Bill Tilghman was indeed the finest of the posse members.