In an excellent blog on The Huffington Post,  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-chaltain/empathy-for-a-killer_b_1702350.html?utm_hp_ref=james-holmes  author Sam Chaltain dares to ask:  Is it possible to feel empathy for a person capable of such senseless violence such as James Holmes?

Our usual, knee-jerk reaction is to categorize these kinds of people as psychopaths, aberrant, or crazy (whatever that means).  Mr. Chaltain points out that the …