"People don't stop killers. People with guns do."

A column from 2007, after the Virginia Tech murders. Instapundit has been calling attention to it , including the way it's now #1 on the...

What was the biggest lie at the Clinton-Obama debate?

My son John Althouse Cohen says it's this, from ABC's moderator Charles Gibson: I would be remiss tonight if I didn't take note ...

A nicely written episode of "The Sopranos."

There was a fine new episode of "The Sopranos" last night, with two neatly paired stories. Tony and Paulie go on a road trip. Yes...

Is Obama a gasbag?

I'm reading this commentary from Charles Krauthammer , about the things Barack Obama said on the day of the Virginia Tech massacre: [I]t...

Why NBC?

Everyone wonders why the murderer chose NBC to receive his package of promotional materials. Does NBC have some special reputation for evil...

Movies and murder.

Two weeks ago, I photographed this mural, on a video store's wall, next to the Spider House Café in Austin, Texas: At the time, I asked ...

"You loved inducing cancer in my head, terrorizing my heart and ripping my soul all the time."

The murderer's video. Lurid, but clearly the young man was insane.

"My parents are actually worried about retaliation against Asians."

Said Virginia Tech student Lyu Boaz , a Korean-American. “After 9/11, a lot of Arabs were attacked for that reason.” Asian-American students...

Trying to understand the Virginia Tech murders.

This article offers a good explanation for why the Virginia Tech officials delayed for two hours before warning students after two persons ...

"He came to our door and tried the handle. He couldn’t get it in because we were pushing up against it."

"He tried to force his way in and got the door to open up about six inches and then we just lunged at it and closed it back up. That’s ...