Tag Archives: american terrorist

Meet Janelle

Posted on July 8, 2013 by ginachoward

I’d like to introduce you to Janelle. If you read my blog last week, you know that she is one of my two main characters. Janelle is the journalist that is investigating the terrorist attack for her Chicago paper. But, … Continue reading →

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Hanging out with Paul and Janelle

Posted on July 1, 2013 by ginachoward

There’s a lot to be said for my recent staycation. I trimmed trees, repotted plants, made innumerable trips to Lowe’s and Home Depot, mowed grass, cleaned off the carport and bagged leaves. Which, of course, is also the down side … Continue reading →

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The first piece

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ginachoward

I’m getting to know Ames. Close to Iowa State’s football stadium is one of the largest public gardens in the state. With its butterfly wing and aquatic plants, the 14-acre Reiman Gardens might provide a place of solace for my … Continue reading →

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The setting

Posted on May 13, 2013 by ginachoward

He’ll have grown up in a tree-lined, mid-sized town. The kids ride their bikes to the library, and chalk art brighten the sidewalks. Children play outside until dusk when their mothers call them in. It’s a place where people are … Continue reading →

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Victims of violence

Posted on April 22, 2013 by ginachoward

The faces and voices of the 9/11 victims on this week’s “Sixty Minutes” was the knock-out punch. There had been the week-long trauma of the Boston Marathon attacks, and I had heard first-person accounts of the toll the Iraq and … Continue reading →

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War’s uncounted casualties

Posted on April 15, 2013 by ginachoward

How do soldiers survive war? Not how do they stay alive. Rather, how do they do what they must to stay alive, then psychologically adapt when they return home. Sanctioned killing and the constant threats posed by a shadowy enemy … Continue reading →

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It couldn’t happen here

Posted on April 8, 2013 by ginachoward

When a crime occurs, particularly one that involves loss of life, it seems to strike a little closer to home when it takes place in suburbia. Not that the deaths are any less tragic in a big city, but somewhere … Continue reading →

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Flying solo

Posted on April 1, 2013 by ginachoward

Like fashions or musical genres, the flavors of terrorism seem to go in and out of style with generations. At the end of the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries, anarchism was the rage. Following WWI, there was … Continue reading →

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Next step

Posted on March 25, 2013 by ginachoward

I’ve just about wrapped up my terrorism research. I’ve learned about some of the commonalities of terrorism across time and cultures, as well as about domestic terrorism, especially trends over the last 50 years. I wasn’t surprised to discover that both … Continue reading →

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Will you be my friend?

Posted on March 11, 2013 by ginachoward

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the role that the media play in providing terrorists with a platform. Terrorists also use the media – both traditional and social – to burnish their “brand” and connect with one another. … Continue reading →

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