The family of the Virginia Tech gunman speaks out, and they feel "helpless, hopeless, lost". They deserve our sympathy, too.

Cho was ineligible under Federal law to purchase the firearms he used in the massacre. So many of us have said, time and time again, that we do not need MORE gun control laws, but we do need BETTER ENFORCEMENT of the laws we have.

A European living in America tries to give the anti-Americans who read his paper a different perspective on our great country. Scroll down to the comments to see how he fared.

Perhaps the Europeans would like us more if we followed the advice of the Vermont State Senate.

Max Boot has toured Iraq and he has this lengthy piece on what he found. In sum, things are improving, but there is a long way to go. Unfortunately, patience is not an American virtue.