

The Paris Attacks, the Holidays and Feeling Disenfranchised
The recent Paris attacks have made me think about what it means to feel disenfranchised. And why does that feeling lead some people to do unthinkably terrible things? This is a hard thing for me to write about because I don’t want anyone to think I am condoning violent behavior. I don’t, not when it comes to riots in our own country, and certainly not when it comes to mad men, psychopaths or acts of terrorism. Still, I think it’s something we need to understand, otherwise we