LaPierre made a speech this weekend, (5/4/13) , where he asked, though I suspect rhetorically, as in how could anyone not wish for a gun after the events of the Boston Marathon, how many Bostonians wished they’d had a gun two weeks ago? I for one, did not wish for a gun. I haven’t spoken with anyone [...]
April 18, 2013
As the Boston Marathon week of questions and grief winds down, the face of the youngest bomber is everywhere. His classmates have been interviewed. They are surprised, taken aback and alarmed that their quiet classmate had slowly been transformed into a foot soldier. Youthful zealotry, unchecked, [...]
January 9, 2013
Syrian children are painting only in red. If anyone doubts the impact of seeing carnage on a daily basis, of watching bodies torn into pieces, the report that aired on NPR’s Morning Edition, left no room to wonder: Shocking statistics, such as the U.N.’s estimate that more than 60,000 people have died in Syria since anti-regime [...]
December 26, 2012
The NRA’s long silence following the Newtown school killings, during which great speculation about what they’d recommend swirled, culminated in a call to arm teachers, bus drivers, crossing guards and lunch ladies. In an op-ed by Maureen Dowd for the NYT, she lambastes the NRA’s complete and utter lack of responsibility: LaPierre, who literally trembles when [...]
November 29, 2012
As reported all over the US this past weekend, the article below is from the Daily Mail online. I looked and listened for a trace of dismay (other than the fake shock accompanied with a smile on Fox News) in the voices of television reporters, or the mention of child abuse. I didn’t find either. This is [...]
October 3, 2012
Female genital mutilation reflects one of the grosses discrimination and cruelty against women and girls. In last night’s episode of Half the Sky, Diane Lane and Nicholas Kristof visited Somaliland where over 140 million girls are subjected to female mutilation/cutting mostly because of a relentless need to stick with tradition. The women themselves perpetuate this [...]
September 27, 2012
In third grade, most of the kids in our town walk to and from school. They walk in groups. Crossing guards on almost every block safely transport them from one side of the street to the next. We’re only four blocks from school so it’s a real old fashioned experience. Just lovely. Really, a special [...]
July 20, 2012
(Image: Barry Gutierrez / AP/msnbc) Let’s imagine the horrific scene of the Aurora Colorado midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” You’re sitting in an open theater and someone begins shooting at you. You are now an open target for a crazed maniac with an automatic weapon. Let them call it what they want — Rep. Louie [...]
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