Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
The off-campus gun attack last Friday on Indian MBA student Pulluri Shashank opens old wounds and raises questions about safety.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
MUNCIE, Ind. -- A small group of students at Ball State University says students should have the right to carry concealed weapons on campus to protect themselves in case of an attack.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Both candidates believe that gun ownership is an individual constitutional right. But their beliefs about the methods government can use to control the sale and carrying of firearms are starkly different.
Ryerson Review of Journalism (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
When a school shooting spree occurs, TV news execs must make quick judgements on how much to show. A year after the Virginia Tech massacre, three Canadian broadcasters reflect on their decisions. Which one got it right?
Random Observations (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
In April 2007, Cho Seung-Hui went on a rampage, murdering fellow Virginia Tech classmates. He left behind extensive documentation about...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
I talked to my mom the night before last. "I don't get the New York Times," she mused. "They have all these great stories, but their Styles section always seems to focus on this tiny, unappealing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
InstaBloke: A Blogger's Natural Res (Free subscription) | 14/06/2008
Well, it seems that Biz Stone reads Blog Bloke after all. Further to my recent rant about improvements Twitter needs to make, this is what he said in an interview today with ZDNet. Question: What is the most requested feature? Grouping has consistently been high on the request list and is high on the list of what we are considering. We’ve been [...]
Scribblings of the Metropolitician (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
As someone always up for making creative points, would anyone with artistic skills like to assist in making a satirical cartoon illustrating the folly of making racism-tinged generalizations? Here's one that comes from a Korean blogger (HT to the Marmot):...
Time (Free subscription) | 17/05/2008
For couples who lost an only child in this week's massive earthquake, the tragedy has been doubly cruel
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
A Cincinnati State student who threatened to blow up employees at the school was sent to jail Monday for 180 days.
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 24/04/2008
Meg Whitman isn't losing any sleep over eBay's role in prepping Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui for his rampage that left 33 dead. Asked what was her worst moment at eBay, Meg confides to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
TheTrenchcoat Chronicles (Free subscription) | 23/04/2008
Sheriff: Parents saw son's anger grow: This is just another local news article about Ryan Schallenberg that is actually a couple of days old so there's no new information in it. However the article provides us with a quote that sounds eerily familiar. I know I've brought this point up before but I thought it was worth mentioning again. Here's a quote about Schallenberger's journal... The diary detailed...
Total Drek (Free subscription) | 22/04/2008
Folks who know me are aware that I occasionally peruse Conservapedia and other repositories of insanity. Initially I embarked upon this effort because I wanted to better understand those with whom I disagree. As time has gone by, however, I have really come to realize that there may well be no understanding people who are so overwhelmed by hate that the logical portions of their brains are almost completely...
The Moderate Voice (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
A year after the massacre at Virginia Tech by the troubled Cho Seung-Hui, what has been done to address the root causes of that event - the worst at any American educational institution? Dietmar Ostermann writes for Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau, “The debate over gun control erupts loudly and often, yet it’s a discussion without consequences. The way people with psychological problems are handled,...
theGoose.org.uk (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
It's been a year since Cho Seung-Hui shot dead 32 people before killing himself at Virginia Tech University in the US. As America mourns 12 months on, Newsbeat has been to Utah to investigate the only state in the country where it's legal to carry guns on college campuses. As Brent gets ready for class, he grabs a couple of text books, his backpack, and his 9mm semi-automatic Glock handgun. He straps...
