All Views Articles for 2013-04-16

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Ruth Conniff
Why Does It Matter If Boston Bombing Is "Terrorism"?
In his brief statement today, President Obama said both that the FBI is investigating the Boston Marathon bombing as an act of terrorism and that "we don't know who did it or why," adding that it's...
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Charles P. Pierce
The Other Face Of Political Violence
Likely lost amid all lachrymose coverage of the act of political violence in Boston yesterday will be the release of a magisterial, non-partisan report concerning the decade of political violence...
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Rinku Sen
How We Can Break the Cycle of Pain From Mass Violence
I’m not a religious person, but I often turn to a Rainer Maria Rilke poem about God, which has these lines:
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Erin Niemela
We are Better Than This
Americans will remember Monday, April 15, 2013 as a day in which unspeakable violence took the lives of three people and wounded at least 153 after bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon finish line...
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Glenn Greenwald
The Boston Bombing Produces Familiar and Revealing Reactions
As usual, the limits of selective empathy, the rush to blame Muslims, and the exploitation of fear all instantly emerge
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Robert Parry
No Rush to Judgment in Boston
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Juan Cole
Can the Boston Bombings Increase our Sympathy for Iraq and Syria, for All Such Victims?
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Matthew Rothschild
Let’s Be Cautious in Wake of Boston Marathon Bombings
What a tragedy that at least two people have been killed by two bombs at the end of the Boston Marathon, which also wounded dozens of people. But before we leap to conclusions about who did these...
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Dave Zirin
The Boston Marathon: All My Tears, All My Love
“If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.” – Kathrine Switzer
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