Runners-Up: Wade Michael Page commits murder at a Sikh Temple; Rx Sciences Professer Rainer Reincheid (allegedly) commits arson as an irrational (read: alcoholic) reaction to his son’s suicide; Hans Kristian Rausing, megabillionaire, lets his wife rot.
Runners-up for top story of the month:
Wade Michael Page, who murdered six before being gunned down by police at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was described as a “gentle and kind and loving” child by his stepmother Laura Page. She wondered, “And what happened, God only knows, because I don’t.” Let me try and explain, Ms. Page: your step-son, gentle and kind and loving though he may have been, inherited alcoholism. How do we know? He had convictions for criminal mischief and arrests for driving under the influence; as a soldier in 1998 he was demoted for being drunk on duty and was later discharged for “patterns of misconduct”; he was also fired by a trucking company after ...
