We have a natural wish to make sense of the unfathomable, but the unfathomable isn’t anything we can understand.
Breaking Stories
What Are You Able to Do?
Drew Diaz says that in an emergency you need to make a conscious choice: either walk towards it or walk away.
Voltaire on Atrocity
Greg White prays that the violence in Boston does not claim our futures.
Young Men Committing Violence: How Have We Failed Our Boys?
How do we talk honestly about the issue of male-perpetrated violence without casting masculinity as the cause? Because we know that the vast, vast majority of men are good citizens who are adding to the goodness of the world.
No One Deserves for This to Be Their Normal
There are people in this world who must forge ahead, who must go to work and go to the market and go to cafes not knowing if or when a bomb will go off.
“Fate Compromised and Made Him a White Muslim Russian”
We must remind ourselves—every single one of us—that peace has to start within ourselves, and extend out to the entire world.
I’m Watching the Events Unfold a Mile from Me: Boston in Lockdown, Suspect at Large
Good Men Project CEO Lisa Hickey was at the Boston Marathon bombings. Now she is a mile from the Watertown location where a standoff was happening. This is her story.
From the Mouths of Babes
John Kevin Dark remembers how he felt in the aftermath of 9-11, and this time decides he will heed the advice of 8-year old Martin Richard.
“I know this kid Dzhokhar Tsarnaev”
I knew this kid.
BREAKING NEWS: MIT Police Officer Killed in Watertown, Boston (UPDATE)
MIT police officer killed in apparent carjacking, it is not yet clear if this is related to the Boston Marathon Bombings on Monday.
I Still Believe a Man Can Fly: Holding on to Hope in the Face of Tragedy
In the wake of the bombings in Boston, Alex Yarde realizes that the best Fortress of Solitude can be a blanket-fort and a tea party, attended by his two young children.
Almost 18,000 Bruins Fans Find Solace in the National Anthem
Liam Day explains why, even though he’s not a huge fan of the national anthem, it was appropriate and moving at the Boston Bruins game.
My Son May Be 6 Feet Tall, But I’d Still Do Anything to Protect Him
Even if they are not as brave as the first responders were in Boston, many parents know in their hearts that they would do anything to save their kids.
#51:The Man in the Cowboy Hat
Two senseless tragedies, one heroic father: Carlos Arredondo.
Parents, This is Our Edict
Grasping for answers to Boston’s bombing, Joanna Schroeder lands on the only thing with any meaning in an out-of-control world.
Boston: A Love Story
CJ Kaplan reflects on the luck of living in Boston, despite, or maybe because, of the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.