America may not be unique in the world for its culture of rugged individualism, but it most certainly is for the role that guns play within its society. Consider for a moment that about one-half of our congresspeople believe that …
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If you want to try to understand the choice that Georgia voters are facing in the senate race in November, check out even a few seconds of this interview, in which the victor of the Republican primary, Herschel Walker, presents …
At a vigil Wednesday for the victims of the massacre in Uvalde, Tex., a British journalist asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) why mass shootings happen “only in America.” Apparently, he “stormed off.” He was caught by surprise? He’s wasn’t expecting …
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School shootings are unlike the need for climate change mitigation, universal healthcare, voter protection, and all the other slow-rolling tragedies. They are acute moments of extreme anguish, when our nation cries out to its leaders: DO SOMETHING! Yet, in a …
It’s easy to fall into despair about this latest massacre of America’s school kids. Some people say that once we did nothing after Sandy Hook, we had resigned ourselves to accept the limitless murder of our children as a fair …
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It’s amazing how powerful cartoons can be in illustrating simple points. “Pro-Life in America” by someone named “de ADDER” hits hard. Love the “Abortion” sign with the coat-hanger in the middle of the piece.
In a post earlier today, Gunning Down Our Children, I wrote: Change will come only when our congresspeople start to lose more votes from people who demand common sense gun laws than they receive from the gun nuts and the …
The U.S. Constitution is hailed as one of the top 10 achievements in the history of humankind. Yet IMO, it has weaknesses, and the most profound came as a result of how the country was founded, i.e., as a rebellion …
At left we have an interesting thought, albeit horribly sad. We really do seem to have normalized the mass murder of our children as a more-than-acceptable price to pay for allowing homicidal maniacs from carrying AR-15s into our schools. The …
I highly recommend former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner’s “Justice Matters” daily video series. Today’s installment appears below.
