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A Meditation On Tragedy

A Meditation On Tragedy

04.17.2013
We cannot let yesterday's attack, an assault on the essence of the human spirit, create within us fragmentation and destruction. We must...
The Boston Marathon: It's Human Nature <i>Not</i> to 'Keep Calm'

The Boston Marathon: It's Human Nature Not to 'Keep Calm'

04.17.2013
The American people are free, independent, strong, and collaborative. We fight for each other and we help each other. We can be scared,...
The Stories Of Boston's Dead And Injured

The Stories Of Boston's Dead And Injured

04.17.2013
The twin bombs at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded more than 170 on Monday. Here are the stories of those killed and...

How Boston Tragedy Highlights the Importance of Public Services

04.17.2013
Public courage notwithstanding, it is also important to recognize that no tragedy like this could have been addressed or people's lives...

What I Will Tell My Unborn Child About the Boston Bombings

04.16.2013
Eventually, when she's old enough, I'll tell her about that dreaded day in Boston. But my focus will be on the citizens, runners, emergency...
Bombs Won't Stop Boston, Nor Its Marathoners, From Enduring

Bombs Won't Stop Boston, Nor Its Marathoners, From Enduring

04.16.2013
Emerson President Lee Pelton closed the campus Tuesday for a day of reflection. I kept trying to make it a day of work. I didn't much succeed....

Flowers Will Bloom on Heartbreak Hill

04.16.2013
As President Obama said earlier today, "The American people refuse to be terrorized." That goes for all people around the world, and especially...
Early Clues in Terror Cases Can Be Tantalizing, But Also Wrong

Early Clues in Terror Cases Can Be Tantalizing, But Also Wrong

04.16.2013
While there is significant speculation about the meaning of the date and location of yesterday's horrific terror attack at the Boston marathon...
The Day After

The Day After

04.16.2013
Although most of us will return to normal, we will mourn for the injured and the fallen. But selfishly we will also mourn our former selves....

The Return of Fear

04.16.2013
I know about terrorism. That's one of the reasons I left my homeland, France, after the many waves of terrorist attacks in Paris in 1986...
Miami Imam Seeks New Terror Trial

Miami Imam Seeks New Terror Trial

04.16.2013
MIAMI -- A Muslim cleric convicted of terrorism support charges for sending thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban is seeking a...
Harnessing Our Indomitable Spirit: Healing Our Emotional Hemorrhages

Harnessing Our Indomitable Spirit: Healing Our Emotional Hemorrhages

04.16.2013
Until we know more, we won't have a place to "put" this tragedy in our minds in either "homegrown" or "foreign extremist." Somehow, however...
Terrorists Are Morons

Terrorists Are Morons

04.16.2013
To the extent terrorism is about advancing some agenda other than adding to the world's supply of misery and hatred, it is a total failure....

On Boston and Cooler Heads

04.16.2013
Once the early local shows of unity and empathy with Bostonians evaporate, we are left across the national and global political spectra...