In this country we debate the right of individuals to own assault style weapons with large clips. We talk about concealed carry permits and
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You can’t have a gun culture without guns
Many supporters of guns say that our problem is not too many guns, but rather a culture of guns that emanates from mass media
Ranting about Rand (Paul) ranting
As I write this, Senator Rand Paul [R-KY] is still standing on the floor of the Senate, filibustering against the appointment of John Brennan
32 dumbest, most devastating sequester cuts
The 2013 budget sequester is like a houseguest that we sort of semi-invited a couple of years ago, who then took us up on
It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences
Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary
An animated fairy tale on taxes
This short animated fairy tale, written and directed by Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers and narrated by Ed Asner, explains, in
Lakoff: Why extreme conservatives like the sequester
With just a few days to go before mindless spending cuts take effect under the ill-advised “sequester” plan, it’s popular, among media commentators, to
It’s hard to criticize John McCain, but…
The contrast could not have been more apparent. On Monday, February 18, 2013, MSNBC aired a program, Hubris, about how the Bush Administration used
Mental health gun-control dodge misses the bigger point
Ask a politician where he or she stands on gun control legislation and it’s likely you will get an answer that involves “mental health.”
This is your representative on guns
It’s been just over two months since twenty children and six adults were brutally gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then thirty-three