Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed far too young in July 2021.
It seems like just yesterday CNN reported that “no evidence has been found that could link a motive to incendiary rhetoric.”
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/01/17/arizona.shooting.fuller/index.html