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 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.

The critically important task of curbing of gun violence has thus far been reduced to political theater and unilateral executive actions that lack staying power.

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.

Allow yourself to have a visceral reaction. To simply feel whatever you are feeling is an important first response.

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

When tragedy strikes and children are among the victims, nothing compares. Language fails in the wake of such senselessness. But parents also understand that their own kids might need some help finding their way.

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.

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 critically important task of curbing of gun violence has thus far been reduced to political theater and unilateral executive actions that lack staying power.

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.

When tragedy strikes and children are among the victims, nothing compares. Language fails in the wake of such senselessness. But parents also understand that their own kids might need some help finding their way.

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.

Allow yourself to have a visceral reaction. To simply feel whatever you are feeling is an important first response.

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.