Violence in the Desert, Violence in Our Hearts

12 January 2011 — Tucson, Arizona The mainstream consensus is that Jared Loughner was deranged, and the Tucson tragedy, however regrettable, is just another of those things that happen in a crowded, complicated, difficult world.  What comes to mind:  the Cuyahoga River of Ohio, at one point so polluted it burst into flames.  One might [...]