Heal, Britannia.

As a committed Irish nationalist, I have no use for the British crown, and damn little for any British government. My experiences with British people, though, have been overwhelmingly positive, and I have great respect and affection for them. Today I'm one of them, just as not long ago the world was one with America.

While the news will almost surely get worse, what we know is sufficient. Although the prattle about sources of and responses to the tragedy in London is already well underway, and I may well get sucked into the fray, a moment, first, for those who have died today and those they left behind.

My heartfelt prayers...