The school year is barely a month along and already the nation has been shaken by a series of school shootings. The latest, in Pennsylvania's beautiful Lancaster area, involved the execution of schoolgirls.
Last week, a 53-year-old homeless man held schoolgirls hostage in Bailey, Colorado, sexually abusing several (he had reportedly asked for specific girls he had seen on a popular teen web site) before killing one.
What is going on in this world? Since the start of the school year, according to ABC News, there have been 25 incidents across the country involving school shootings, seven involving fatalities.
President Bush announced plans to convene a summit of education and law enforcement leaders to talk about ways the federal government can help stem the violence. Violence against young, innocent children was once uncommon, even unthinkable, in America. As policy makers meet, there should be time to reflect on how many other taboos modern culture has shattered, how many other unthinkable things are now thought of - and acted upon.
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