Our ‘Angry, Violent Young Men’ Problem

Some will look at this weekend’s Poway synagogue shooting and argue that it reflects an anti-Semitism problem. (They aren’t wrong, either: Judging by a manifesto he posted online shortly before the attack, the alleged shooter appears to be a hardcore anti-Semite.) Some will react by arguing that we have a gun-control problem. But it’s just as easy to compare the Poway suspect’s case to those of other mass shooters and see a “young men who find normal life unful