Mass Shootings, Rampages, And Cascades of Failure
The causes of mass shootings don’t fit neatly into ideological priors and there is no one clear-cut obvious solution to them.
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OT Contributor Network: Spheres of Influence Podcast w/Dennis Sanders
The latest Spheres of Influence Podcast from our friend and Ordinary Times contributor Dennis Sanders.
On Our Incessant Need For A Big Bad
We do love us some Big Bad, don’t we? Socially, politically, historically, interpersonally…life is just simpler when there is a Big Bad for us to crusade against.
Speaking of Terror
If certain kinds of violence demand more from us, defining and describing violence becomes charged with power.
The Twilight of Our Candlelight Vigils
School shootings and rampage killings used to be moments of collective shock and horror, leading to long periods of national, cathartic mourning. Now they are either a quick ratings spectacle or a thing that gets mentioned briefly on a slow news day.
What the hell happened to us?
