Another Mindless Crime

It's been a week since the horrific Boston Marathon bombings. It's been a week of heartfelt messages of support to the city; overeager, sloppy reporting; and heroic acts of endurance and generosity.

It's been a week of rushing to judgment, surprise at the perpetrators' ethnicity, and earnest discussion on why such acts happen. Are these bombers simply losers? Entitled white men who somehow feel excluded?

It's been a week of questioning, how could this happen here? It's been a week of questioning, where is the media attention when this happens abroad?

We've seen weeks like this before. In the last year alone, we've seen the media onslaught brought on by the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and the movie theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado. We've seen the looks of incomprehensible suffering on the faces of parents, teachers, and family members.

But it doesn't get any easier--there are no simple solutions to the grief, moral questions, or political issues.  You don't get hardened to the pain. But somehow, in between each tragedy, we forget. We promise we won't but we do.

Our hearts are with you, Boston.