Maybe There Is No Answer

With the recent tragedies and shootings around the nation, I find myself like most of you wondering "Why?".

I do not wonder why it happens, because most of the time there is no good reason or even a reason that will in any way soothe the pain inflicted or make enough sense so that we can point to it and say "Oh, that's why." I wonder why we blame the people who we blame for the act itself.

Take the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut for example. Residents of Newtown were quick to offer sympathy to the families that had lost their loved ones, and we as a nation offere...