My Friend Dahmer

Paul heads for Ohio this week for the book launch party for this soon-to-be-bestseller by classmate John Backderf about fellow classmate Jeff Dahmer. Like Backderf, Paul was barraged by media after Dahmer's capture and chose to say nothing.

In the wake of another school shooting, this one just an hour away from Revere High School, there's all the more reason for us to try to make sense of the senseless.