Let's hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American  —  There is a double standard: White terrorists are dealt with as lone wolves, Islamists are existential threats  —  As we now move into the official Political Aftermath period of the Boston bombing — the period that will determine …

In Grisly Image, a Father Sees His Son  —  BOSTON — When Jeff Bauman woke up in a hospital bed on Tuesday, an air tube was down his throat, both of his legs had been amputated at the knee, and his father was by his side.  He tried to talk, but he could not.

Second Boston Marathon victim identified: Krystle Campbell  —  A second victim in the Boston Marathon bombings has been identified: Krystle M. Campbell, a 29-year-old originally from Medford, Mass.  —  Her father, William A. Campbell Jr., told Yahoo News he's in shock that his daughter was killed.

China Mourns the Death of a Student in Boston Blast  —  HONG KONG - Mourning for a Chinese student who was the third victim killed in the Boston Marathon bombing rippled across her home country on Wednesday, when Internet sites and news reports described and celebrated a young woman whose ambitions …

Why Boston Bombings Might Be Scarier Than 9/11  —  Killing Americans at play resonates differently than attacks on economic and military targets.  —  Call it “terrorism” if a label helps you make sense of this madness.  Find who did it and squash him—or them—with what President Obama called “the full weight of justice.”

Reinhart-Rogoff, Continued  —  I was going to post something sort of kind of defending Reinhart-Rogoff in the wake of the new revelations — not their results, which I never believed, nor their failure to carefully test their results for robustness, but rather their motives.

Jenny Sanford accuses Mark Sanford of trespassing at Sullivan's Island home  —  Republican congressional candidate Mark Sanford is accused of trespassing at his ex-wife's home and faces a court appearance two days after the 1st District special election, according to published reports that surfaced late Tuesday night.

Ex-wife accuses Mark Sanford of trespassing  —  Jenny Sanford, the ex-wife of South Carolina congressional candidate and former Gov. Mark Sanford, has filed a lawsuit alleging that her husband trespassed at her home earlier this year, the Associated Press reported Tuesday evening.

IS THIS THE BOMBER?  Man With Black Backpack Before Bombing - Then Without Backpack Moments Before Blast  —  These photos from yesterday's marathon were forwarded to me from a trusted source and came from a Japanese Flickr account.  —  This photo here shows the Boston crowd before the bombing... And then after the bombing.