Since writing the book, The Lewiston Shootings: An All-American Tragedy, I've been asked a number of times why I chose to write about this horrible event. I've also been questioned on social media for doing so and it's been suggested that I've capitalized on others' pain to profit for myself. The emphasis on my motivations for writing the book, rather than on the issues raised about why it happened and what can be done to prevent it from … [Read more...]
Lewiston Commission Final Report: “Several Opportunities Might Have Changed the Course of Events” (But Don’t Ask For Solutions)
After nine months of subpoenaing witnesses and documents and listening to a wide range of testimony during sixteen public hearings, the Independent Commission To Investigate the Facts of the Tragedy in Lewiston issued its final report on August 20th. The 215-page report, while substantive in details that led to the failure to stop Robert Card II from killing eighteen Mainers on October 25, 2023, did not make any recommendations on how to fix … [Read more...]
