The Devil Went Down to Texas: The Utter Evil of the Uvalde Massacre

It's hard to know what to say in the wake of a heart-rending tragedy like Tuesday's massacre in Uvalde, Texas. Such a wicked deed is to say literally, to Hell with it."

To Hell with society, with morality, with the structure of Being itself. It is to say, as Satan did in Paradise Lost when, resentful of his status, he tried to overthrow God, "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."