The end of shock

Dan Rodricks

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The end of shock

Apologies to my good friends at Tuesday lunch, but there’s no “shock” in the arrest of the Gilman graduate accused of killing a CEO. I’ll concede there’s something unique about it — the apparent targeting of a corporate executive in what looks like some kind of deranged payback murder — but none who’ve been paying attention should be shocked. The Gilman lad is not the first shiny-bright to be arrested. He’s not the first child of privilege and …