He took the children’s murders to heart. But there are many more children and others dying on his watch.

Announcing his executive actions on gun control at the White House . . . President Obama wiped away tears as he talked about the mass shooting of first-graders in Newtown, declaring, “Every time I think about those kids it gets me mad.”

No doubt the president’s emotion was genuine. [sic] When any of us think of first-graders being killed, our hearts break and our blood pressure rises.

But Obama’s tearful moment raises a question: Why doesn’t Obama show that same emotion when it comes to terror?

Why not?

. . . sometimes.

Consider George Washington High in southeast Chicago, “a soccer kick away from Indiana,” where a notably and verifiably successful principal faces the heave-ho from the Local School Council, the sort of Chicago Public School reform that’s supposed to promote good schools.

A month ago, a Lauren Fitzpatrick story in the Sun-Times told of the principal’s being opposed by a newly elected council president, Tina Perez, and her newly elected slate of allies, with a vote looming putting the principal’s tenure in the balance.

Today’s follow-up story revisits the scene with more chapter-and-verse information on how this principal succeeded.

Here he is:

 

Here’s Tina Perez, the council president who wants him out:

No photo available. Neither any comment, for either story. Too bad.

So there we are. Chicago school reform says let there be local school councils. Local school council is poised to block verifiable reform — see the two Sun-Times stories, especially today’s hard-copy story.

Sounds like politics, does it not?