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Monday morning in Blacksburg, Virginia, 32 students and staff at Virginia Tech were killed in the largest single shooting in modern American history. The shooter, an angry and disturbed young man, then killed himself. Looking at the profiles of the dead, I am struck by their diversity. They ranged in age from 18 to 76;…

When a gun gets loose on a Virginia campus, or a high school rampage occurs in Colorado; when a building blows up in Oklahoma City, or a plane hits a tower in Manhattan – people follow their horror and disbelief with liturgy and love. I’ll never forget the little shrines of stuffed animals in Manhattan…

I’ve always heard the old adage, “violence is a weapon of the weak.” But after events like the Virginia Tech massacre, it’s easy to think that violence has ultimate power. After all, we’ve learned history through the lens of war. And we read the news through acts of violence rather than the hidden acts of…

The latest news on abortion ruling, Darfur, Iraq war, Virginia Tech shooting, Iran, immigration, global warming, presidential politics, and select editorials. Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail » Full news summary: Abortion ruling. Partial-birth abortion ban upheld – “The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a federal law prohibiting partial-birth abortion, marking the…
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