The right leadership after tragedy

Preventing horrors like Monday's shootings may be impossible, but we must try.

But in the face of tragedy, the responsibility of political leaders is not just to look back in sorrow. Their job is to look forward toward practical steps that might reduce the risk of repeating the awful experience. It's too early to say conclusively what lessons public policy should take from Monday's rampage. But it's not too soon to say that is the question Washington should be asking once the immediate shock has passed. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 18, 2007 - 8:59 AM PDT
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Barry Grossheim
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by Barry Grossheim - Oct. 1, 2008

Good job of tying this tragic event to the need to explore bigger issues than just “what could have prevented this?”

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