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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

More On The Shooting

From Virginia

My reading is limited on this massacre, but I thought these were worth noting:



N.R. Kleinfield with a profile (read this account; and, by the way, Kleinfield profiled another killer very recently): From the beginning, he did not talk. Not to other children, not to his own family. Everyone saw this. In Seoul, South Korea, where Seung-Hui Cho grew up, his mother agonized over his sullen, brooding behavior and empty face. Talk, she just wanted him to talk.



Matthew Bowers on those seeking comfort: James McMullen II craved his old bed. Stephanie Sullivan preferred the comforting cocoon of the family couch. Erin Vellines climbed under the covers with her mom, her younger sister and their…

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