depressing book....

"Columbine" by David Cullen. For the first time, the entire sad spectacle, from a hundred different voices, reconstructs one of the worst, most senseless tragedies in recent American history. It's a damned shame that it took so long for the narrative to turn away from "spooky kids are violent" towards what it really was: a profoundly troubled young man, and incredibly insecure one mismanaging adolescent angst, rage, acceptance and the stress of transitioning from one world to another.

That's right, Media, this guy got it right before you did.

This is a profoundly disturbing look into the heart of reasonably normal kids dealing with the inhuman. While not exactly a perfect analogue, Hannah Arendt's term "banality of evil" comes to mind. Sigh. You know who else had something to say about this?

Someone shot tomorrow.