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Kohberger: Comparisons to a Serial Killer | Jason James Barry

There is the impulse to compare suspected murderer Bryan Kohberger to reputed 1970s serial killer Ted Bundy. As facts bear out, we may...

U of Idaho murder suspect in custody: Where the case goes now | Jason James Barry

A man is in custody for the Idaho college murders — but the devil will be in the details to nail down a conviction. Authorities in...

The Harm in Trading an Arms Dealer | Jason James Barry

Thank you, covert negotiators. You’ve traded Viktor Bout. I want to believe there’s wisdom there, some even deeper deal afoot within the...

The Story Behind That One Picture

I still get emotional at the sight and the thought of it. She had quietly fussed with her outfit. She landed on a black tee shirt and...

Colonoscopy: (Not) The Sum of Your Fears | Jason James Barry

First off, there was no sadistic laughter. And no haunting or horrifying flashes of memory. No Farrah Fawcett-scene out of the movie...

At 50 | Jason James Barry

So goes time, and it’s gotten to be even odds that I’ll snap awake now for no reason. Sometimes so early that I have the time to settle...

Strong, and in the Fight | Jason James

On a day 12-years-plus ago, when my wife again became a mom, she asked I write to her, our new girl: Before you were born, your mom...