Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

The Mind-Numbing Sameness Of School Shootings in America

When tragedy becomes farce and reporting is like a book of Mad Libs.

Thad Zajac
Jan 04, 2024
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Sixth-grade student killed in Iowa school shooting, gunman dead | Reuters

Last year, I wrote about how we lived in David Koresh’s America after yet another mass shooting. Today, I’m reminded of how banal, how mundane, they have become, as we are four days into a new year and already have our first school shooting. Mass shooting incident happens somewhere, and here is how the next part goes:

Today, _______ was rocked by a [mass…

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