How many more senseless killings will it take before we make sure our voices are heard? The “we,” if you haven’t already guessed, are
Category: Guns
150 years later, would Lincoln be okay with secession?
It was in 1863, during the heat of the Civil War, that 50 counties in the western part of Virginia decided to secede from
The seven-backpack solution: Sign the background-check petition
Are you one of the 90% of Americans who support common-sense, comprehensive background checks on all gun sales? If you are, how about taking
“Fruitvale Station:” Check your stereotypes at the ticket counter
The Jan. 1, 2009 headlines said: “22-year-old, unarmed black man fatally shot by BART police.” For too many Americans, it was just another example
The gap between what’s legal and what’s just
St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan recently wrote a piece about how a cross engraved on the pitcher’s mound at Busch Stadium “gave him
Zimmerman not-guilty verdict: Commentary by political cartoonists
When a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, sending justice back to the drawing board, that’s exactly where political
5 terrifying takeaways from the NRA’s 2013 national convention
While there may be some people who have some reasonable arguments for owning a hunting rifle, it doesn’t help their cause to have the
Behind the background-check fiasco: All politics, all the time
Here you have it. A Republican senator admits that the GOP voted not on the merits of the issue, not on doing what is
The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?
I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of
Shooting down the arguments against background checks for gun sales
What’s not to like about background checks for gun sales? They’re sensible, logical and the right thing to do. Public-opinion polls consistently show that