Entries for April 17, 2007

Correction: An earlier version of this post misidentified the location of a mass killing that took place at Appalachian School of Law.

What can one say about the Virginia Tech murders? My reaction is the same as just about everyone's: profound sadness and sympathy for those who have suffered loss.

That's the headline on my U.S. News column this week. In it I tie together the vindication of the former Duke lacrosse players, the conduct of the 15 British sailor/marine hostages, the cancellation of documentaries by PBS and the BBC, controversy over a statue of a Navy SEAL in Littleton, Colo., and the speech given by Sen. John McCain at Virginia Military Institute last week. In a sense this column was the product of my blogging. I had made quick reference to several of these things in my blogging last week, and by the time it came to write the column I thought I had found a common thread.