HORROR! – AT 8:18 A.M. ET:  There has been a terrible terrorist attack in Paris.  From Fox:

BREAKING: Black-clad gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a satirical publication known for lampooning Islam early Wednesday, killing 12 and injuring as many as 15 before escaping, French officials said.

As many as three Kalashnikov-toting shooters were being sought after the attack at Charlie Hebdo, the publication known for challenging Muslim terrorists with a 2011 caricature of Prophet Muhammed on its cover and which recently tweeted a cartoon of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Two policemen and several journalists - including the cartoonist behind the weekly publication's provocative images, were among the dead.

“We’ve avenged the honor of the prophet!” the killers shouted, according to witnesses who spoke to Sky News. The gunmen spoke French without any accent, according to Le Monde.

COMMENT:  I would have quoted the story on this run in The New York Times, but you had to go down many paragraphs before finding any reference to Islam.  Political correctness wins out even on a day of horror.

We'll watch for reactions to this ghastly attack.  Realistically, it probably will result in more self-censorship, especially in Europe, but here as well.  The excuses and rationalizations will begin soon. 

In recent days France disgraced itself by voting in favor of an absurd pro-Palestinian resolution at the UN, a resolution that ultimately failed anyway.  I guess this is the thanks that France gets. 

CNN and Fox are both covering the story live.  I haven't heard any special or unusual insights, although CNN's in-studio "experts," thus far, seemed to be all liberals.

January 7,  2015