To call hunting “sport” is more than a misnomer: it’s an imprecision that has the effect of enlarging society’s acceptance of gun use generally.

When women put their collective hearts and minds toward something, they get it done.

Three men were murdered last month in Boston’s lower-profile neighborhoods. They are just as deceased as the bombing victims. Read anything about them?

MIT is usually recognized for the brain-power of its community. But on Wednesday, as the world watched, we demonstrated that our hearts and souls are just as formidable.

Some of the most heinous crimes in recent memory have been carried out by young men.

Why targeted petitions may be the only way to enact sensible gun control legislation.

The double-amputee Olympian insists he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp accidentally. But prosecutors have presented a very different version of events.

The NRA says prosecutors don’t pursue gun crimes. A look at how the rhetoric squares with the facts.

The Newtown school massacre has brought renewed attention and public support to the issue of gun control. Now Congress faces what could be the biggest battle in a generation.

Could it be that violent video games are an important outlet for aggression?

Some Americans seem confused about the word “freedom.” Laws do not constrain freedom; they enable it. Without laws none of us are free.

It would be dangerously naïve to attribute the carnage of Newtown — and the grim litany of others before it — as something entirely apart from us.

Vigorously promoting the need to bear arms can have awful, unintended consequences.

We value the president’s heartfelt tears for those slaughtered in Newtown. But his compassion will do nothing to stop the next massacre that is surely coming if we continue to skirt serious gun control in this country.

To call hunting “sport” is more than a misnomer: it’s an imprecision that has the effect of enlarging society’s acceptance of gun use generally.

Could it be that violent video games are an important outlet for aggression?

When women put their collective hearts and minds toward something, they get it done.

Three men were murdered last month in Boston’s lower-profile neighborhoods. They are just as deceased as the bombing victims. Read anything about them?

Some of the most heinous crimes in recent memory have been carried out by young men.

The double-amputee Olympian insists he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp accidentally. But prosecutors have presented a very different version of events.

MIT is usually recognized for the brain-power of its community. But on Wednesday, as the world watched, we demonstrated that our hearts and souls are just as formidable.

Why targeted petitions may be the only way to enact sensible gun control legislation.

The Newtown school massacre has brought renewed attention and public support to the issue of gun control. Now Congress faces what could be the biggest battle in a generation.

Some Americans seem confused about the word “freedom.” Laws do not constrain freedom; they enable it. Without laws none of us are free.

The NRA says prosecutors don’t pursue gun crimes. A look at how the rhetoric squares with the facts.

Vigorously promoting the need to bear arms can have awful, unintended consequences.

It would be dangerously naïve to attribute the carnage of Newtown — and the grim litany of others before it — as something entirely apart from us.

We value the president’s heartfelt tears for those slaughtered in Newtown. But his compassion will do nothing to stop the next massacre that is surely coming if we continue to skirt serious gun control in this country.

Three men were murdered last month in Boston’s lower-profile neighborhoods. They are just as deceased as the bombing victims. Read anything about them?

It would be dangerously naïve to attribute the carnage of Newtown — and the grim litany of others before it — as something entirely apart from us.