Murder in a friendless world -- Mark LeVine, professor of Middle Eastern history

Of the many questions that have been asked about the bombings, one of the most important is why the murder of the three innocent people is so quickly described as terrorism while the murder of 26 children and teachers in Newtown, or 12 students and one teacher at Columbine are the work of insane people. After Boston, politicians are calling for even more draconian restrictions on rights and civil liberties; after Newtown, they called for increasing mental health treatment. One led to a push for more mental health care and the other for more "homeland security" spending. - Murder in a friendless world
The irony of Muslim terrorism - Mohamed Ghilan
The wrong kind of Caucasian - Sarah Kendzior