Rich Van Pelt: You probably don’t live anywhere near Colum- bine; you may not even know where Columbine is—which is fi ne. It’s in Littleton, Colorado—not exactly the center of the universe, or anything else for that matter—more the southwest- ern edge of the Denver metro area. But on April 20, 1999—and for about a month after—Columbine seemed like the center of the universe, judging by news coverage. On that day two stu- dents came to school armed to the teeth and started shooting people. They killed 12 students, one teacher, and themselves in a bloody rampage
