Assessing the blame for the Virginia Tech shooting

Here’s a little morbid humor for you: In the natural human desire to understand why something horrible happens, folks are assigning blame to the usual suspects (videogames, violent movies) and to some new-to-me culprits (liberalism, China and Bill Gates).

One blogger is keeping track. He’s now up to 58 reasons the shooting happened, according to various pundits.

If you’re looking for reporting that’s not the national (and international) media’s take on the events of last Monday, I suggest local news reports, including those from Virginia Tech and Southwest Virginia:

• The Collegiate Times
• WUVT
• Planet Blacksburg
• The Roanoke Times
• The News Messenger
• The Washington Post