U.S. press slow to note radicalism

Reading the accounts of the Tsarnaev brothers in Monday’s Herald, I was intrigued to note that there was no mention of motive beyond “their motive remained unclear.” Nor was there any mention of the brothers’ websites or downloads, or of the training they might have received from certain groups with a signature style, or of the religious philosophy current in their ethnic home bases, or even of the faith-based non-profit which Tamerlan’s wife joined- — all commonly addressed issues in the British press and the dig-deep parts of RealClearPolitics.com. Perhaps the authorities will be able to downgrade the bombings and gun battles to “workplace violence,” as they did with Major Hasan’s killing spree at Fort Hood, during which he chanted a slogan that need not concern us here. (You could look it up.)

Michael Mates

Monroe