It might seem like a tautology to say that tragedy journalism makes me sad. But it makes me sad beyond just what is awful about it.

Of course, I feel bad when I see that a plant in Waco exploded to disastrous result and the graphic images of people who were the victims of random mass violence in Boston are incredibly upsetting. I have a lot of friends in that area, some of whom run, and I know a lot of people who do marathons in general, sometimes traveling to other states to do so. That...
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