James Alan Fox has published over one-hundred freelance op-ed columns in newspapers across the country, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor and USA Today. In addition, in 2005 and 2006, he wrote a regular column for the Boston Herald on issues of crime, law and justice. Open links to recent columns by clicking below.

• October 11, 2009 USA Today column on the Fort Hood massacre
• September 17, 2009 CNN online column on "persons of interest"
• August 7, 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette column on LA Fitness club shooting
• July 30, 2009 Boston.com column on Charles Baker and capital punishment costs
• May 3, 2009 Chicago Tribune column on "second-hand" music
• April 24, 2009 Boston Globe column on Philip Markoff's fiancee
• March 12, 2009 CNN online column on mass murderers
• February 4, 2009 USA Today column on rise in black youth homicide
• January 15, 2009 North County/California column on black homicide statistics
• November 14, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education column on graduate students
• August 15, 2008 Chicago Tribune column on visual impairment
• July 4, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Ed column on active shooter training for students
• June 14, 2008 Boston Herald column on homelessness
• April 16, 2008 New York Times column on the anniversary of the VA Tech shooting
• March 18, 2008 Ventura County Star column on life skills educaiton
• February 29, 2008 Chronicle of Higher Education column on campus security
• December 5, 2007 USA Today column on black homicide rates
• August 31, 2007 Boston Globe column on VT report regarding warning signs
• August 28, 2007 USA Today column on safety on college campuses
• April 18, 2007 USA Today column on blame in the Virginia Tech Shooting
• April 18, 2007 Boston Globe column on media focus on mass shooting record
• April 17, 2007 Los Angeles Times column on the Virginia Tech massacre
• January 25, 2007 Boston Globe column on Lincoln-Sudbury High School stabbing
• October 16, 2006 Boston Herald column on two national crime summits
• October 9, 2006 Boston Herald column on crime debate in gubernatorial race
• October 4, 2006 Boston Herald column on school security
• September 25, 2006 Boston Herald column on Healey's death penalty proposal
• September 11, 2006 Boston Herald column on airport security
• August 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on John Mark Karr
• August 28, 2006 Boston Herald column on truancy
• August 14, 2006 Boston Herald column on gun laws
• July 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on sex offenders and housing values
• July 25, 2006 Boston Herald column on loud music
• July 17, 2006 Boston Herald column on federal cuts in policing
• July 3, 2006 Boston Herald column on Rescue Me's spousal rape scene
• June 19, 2006 Boston Herald column on lethal injection
• June 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on new crime statistics
• June 6, 2006 Boston Herald column on evacuation routes
• May 22, 2006 Boston Herald column on a woman's decision to turn in her son
• May 8, 2006 Boston Herald column on the adult punishment for juvenile murderers
• April 24, 2006 Boston Herald column on the Amber Alert stamp
• April 10, 2006 Boston Herald column on the civility of baseball
• March 27, 2006 Boston Herald column on short-term homicide trends
• March 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on meth
• February 27, 2006 Boston Herald column on Mississippi Sex Offender Billboards
• February 22, 2006 Boston Herald column on Neil Entwistle
• February 13, 2006 Boston Herald column on sociopathic wife killers
• January 30, 2006 Boston Herald column on racial profiling in seatbelt enforcement
• January 16, 2006 Boston Herald column on anti-gang legislation
• January 2, 2006 Boston Herald column on Boston's homicide tally
• Deember 23, 2005 Boston Herald column on MCI family reunification program
• December 19, 2005 Boston Herald column on violent video games
• December 16, 2005 Boston Herald column on the Dorchester mass murder
• December 5, 2005 Boston Herald column on gun industry immunity law
• November 28, 2005 Boston Herald column on Thanksgiving behind bars
• Novemnber 21, 2005 Boston Herald column on killer art
• November 14, 2005 Boston Herald column on recruiting security guards
• October 31, 2005 Boston Herald column on Glorifying Evil
• October 17, 2005 Boston Herald column on Operation Starting Line
• October 5, 2005 Boston Herald column on championship game times
• September 26, 2005 Boston Herald column on Melanie's Bill for repeat drunk drivers
• September 12, 2005 Boston Herald column on the evacuation of New Orleans jails
• August 29, 2005 Boston Herald column on bullying
• August 15, 2005 Boston Herald column on road rage
• July 18, 2005 Boston Herald op-ed on Gov. Romney's death penalty bill
• July 5, 2005 Detroit Free Press op-ed on the MLB All Star Game
• March 5, 2005 USA Today op-ed on blame in the BTK case
• October 31, 2004 Washington Post op-ed on the Boston post-victory rioting
• October 15, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on teaching life skills
• May 2004 column on school violence in District Administration
• May 10, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on the cost of capital punishment
• April 21, 2004 Newsday op-ed on Bush and police funding
• April 19, 2004 USA Today op-ed on Columbine's 5th anniversary
• February 20, 2004 Boston Globe op-ed on the presumed Boston crime wave
• February 9, 2004 USA Today op-ed on executing juveniles
• February 5, 2004 Boston Herald op-ed on post-Super Bowl riot
• January 4, 2004 Hartford Courant op-ed on female arrest rates
• DSecember 9, 2003 USA Today op-ed on snipers
• December 1, 2003 Boston Globe op-ed on gang homicide
• September 2003 report of bullying (with Fight Crime-Invest in Kids)
• September 3, 2003 Boston Globe op-ed on DNA and the death penalty
• August 23, 2003 Chicago Tribune op-ed on workplace violence
• July 21, 2003 Boston Herald op-ed on juvenile curfews

• 10/24/2002 Newsday USA op-ed on sniper suspects
• 10/23/2002 USA op-ed on serial killer monikers
• 10/23/2002 Boston Globe op-ed on the DC sniper as domestic terrorism
• 10/23/2002 Christian Science Monitor op-ed domestic terrorists
• 08/17/2002 New York Times op-ed on Amber alert
• 7/21/2002 Boston Globe op-ed on child abductions
• 7/9/2002 Milwaukee Journal op-ed on MLB All Star game
• 11/4/2001 Boston Globe op-ed on terrorism and lessons of Columbine
• Click for 8/4/2001 Boston Herald op-ed on prison populations
• Click for 8/2/2001 Boston Globe op-ed on movie ratings 
• Click for 6/13, 2001 Boston Globe op-ed on coverage of McVeigh execution 
• Click for 3/11/2001 Boston Globe op-ed on copycat school shootings 
• Click for 3/8/2001 San Diego News-Tribune op-ed on Santana High shooting
• Click for 3/4/2001 Buffalo News op-ed on Timothy McVeigh's execution
• Click for 3/1/2001 Manchester Union-Leader op-ed on prosecution of juvenile in Dartmouth murder case
• 2/11/2001 Boston Globe op-ed on angry customers who kill
• 2/7/2001 Boston Herald op-ed on slasher films and murder
• 12/31/2000 Boston Globe op-ed on workplace avenger profile
• 12/31/2000 Boston Herald op-ed on risk of workplace homicide
• 11/14/2000 Boston Golbe Electoral College Column
• 7/2/2000 Boston Globe Juvenile Justice column
• 6/8/2000 Boston Herald Train Tragedy column
• 4/16/2000 Dallas Morning News op-ed on Columbine anniversary
• 4/4/2000 Boston Globe op-ed for crime trends
• 12/28/1999 Christian Science Monitor op-ed on parental responsibility truancy laws 
• 9/19/1999 Boston Herald op-ed on predicting school violence
• April 20, 1999 Boston Globe op-ed on racial profiling in traffic stops