Tag Archives: terrorism

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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War up close and too personal

Posted on April 29, 2013 by ginachoward

Restrepo comes as close as it gets to seeing what soldiers experience in war. A veteran I talked with suggested I watch the National Geographic documentary, and it mirrored what he had told me of his own experiences. The constant … 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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To kill or not to kill

Posted on March 4, 2013 by ginachoward

We are socialized to respect human life. Regardless of one’s faith (or lack thereof), people around the world are taught it is wrong to kill. It’s codified in our laws. In fact, when a person is in a kill-or-be-killed situation … Continue reading →

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How much should the public know?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by ginachoward

When a bomb rocks a government building or nerve gas is disbursed in a subway station, the public wants – and might need – to know. But if the incident is contained and police don’t yet have the answers, how … Continue reading →

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