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“I know this kid Dzhokhar Tsarnaev”
Status update from Facebook OK OK OK: NOW I GOT TO SAY THIS IS TOTALLY FUCKING SURREAL. I know this kid Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Not only did he graduate only last year from CRLS!!!!– I took countless...
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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. The wind in the trees outside my second floor...
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Anzor Tsarnaev: Devoted or Delusional?
In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Anzor Tsarnaev defends his sons despite everything he has seen and heard. The events of this past week have been tragic and terrible for so many...
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Charged With Using a Weapon of Mass Destruction
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect will not be tried as an “enemy combatant.” 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, was charged with “using and conspiring to...
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Final Reflections on the Week That Was
Liam Day offers his final thoughts on last week’s terrible events and our responsibility to not just remember them, but to understand them in all their complexity. It’s been a week like few others in...
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The True Believer
How do two guys come to believe, with absolute certainty, that murder is a moral necessity? Is Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — the younger brother, just 19, in some photos a lookalike to 1962 Bob Dylan — just a...
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Who Is Greater?
What makes someone like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev vulnerable to radicalization? A Muslim American parent of two young men asks a question that strikes close to home. — When my son, Justyn, called me to ask if...
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To Defend a Terrorist
Tamar Birckhead reflects on representing the shoe bomber and, now, on helping those who represent the Boston bomb suspect. Since my last post, I’ve been occupied with putting myself out there (via...
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Fear in Watertown
“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone? ♦◊♦ In seven years in Boston, I have never seen the marathon, in person or on TV. Now I click link after...
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Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea
The court proceedings took place in a heavily guarded and packed courtroom. 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who has been hospitalized since being captured in April, faces 30 federal charges, including...
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Rolling Stone: A Case Against Censorship
Professor Warren Blumenfeld reflects on the Rolling Stone’s decision to feature the Boston Marathon Bomber. — The release of Rolling Stone’s August 2013 issue featuring bombing suspect Dzhokhar...
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The Real Problem With Jahar on Rolling Stone
Putting Tsarnev on the cover highlights the power he has left. —— There is an attractive young man on the cover of this month’s Rolling Stone. The shot is a self-portrait, one he took for his Twitter...
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Reflections on the Marathon Bombings A Year Later
A lifelong resident of Boston, Liam Day reflects on his city’s resiliency in the face of terror and the need to wrestle with the questions the bombings raise. Last year, about the same time I typed the...
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Mercy over Vengeance for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
When do we let the healing begin? ––– “I would like nothing better than to see you die, Mr. McKinney. However, this is the time to begin the healing process. To show mercy to someone who refused to...
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Mozart in the Morning
Writer and teacher Jane Wohl tries to come to terms with the Boston Marathon Bombing in this elegaic poem. — Mozart in the Morning This is not a poem I want to write, I’d rather scrub floors, or...
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State Sanctioned Murder: The Opinion of a Good Man
Shawn Henfling explores the archaic and barbaric practice of capital punishment in the United States. — We slaughter the innocent and guilty alike in the United States. As parents, we teach our...
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