The killings were random acts of violence. Now there s a scary term for the 90s. Violence for no apparent reason. Violence for violence s sake. The big question is why.
Murder is always heinous.
But at least it s a little less baffling in the case of the drug turf war, the jealous husband or the gang banger. It defies explanation. The fact that we, as a society, are generating these homicidal miscreants is very unsettling to me. And don t tell me it can t happen here. I m sure the people in Odon, Ind., and Albion, Ill., didn t think it could happen there either.