Elsewhere Editorials

April 17

Boston Herald on bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon:

The words have now been spoken — and by the president — lest there be any doubt that this attack on Marathon Day could have been anything other than an act of terrorism.

“Anytime bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terror,” President Obama said yesterday. It was a word he seemed to avoid on Monday — however he chose to define it.

“What we don’t know, however, is who carried out this attack, or why; whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, o...