Last week Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman wrote a guest commentary for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch titled “Let’s Talk About Guns.” Fed up with
Category: Crime/Violence
George Holliday and Rodney King
I don’t know if George Holliday of Los Angeles is related to Cardinal slugger Matt Holliday, but each in his own way brings fame
Supermax prison maximizes mental health problems for inmates
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has been suggesting the closure of Tamms supermax prison facility due to budget concerns. The response from downstate Illinois has
When casino gambling hits the race track: Who wins, who loses?
Dr. Martin Luther King said more than once, “Laws cannot change the hearts of humans, but they can change their habits.” He probably did
Frank Wills [Watergate,1972 ] vs. George Zimmerman [Florida, 2012]
June 17 will mark the 39th anniversary of the infamous Watergate break-in by robbers and schemers sympathetic to President Richard Nixon. A security guard
The U.S. war on drugs: ineffective, bloated, corrupt
The global war on drugs launched during U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1969-1974 administration has been an abysmal failure, and all nations should immediately de-criminalize
If you won’t talk about guns, you’re not a progressive
Progressives are often considered professorial, which in many circles is tantamount to being called wordy. Contrary to that questionable conventional wisdom is a definition
Why did it take so long to enroll Bella Santorum in the NRA?
I remember about fifteen years ago speaking with a rather well-to-do woman in St. Louis who was about to give birth. She said that
“Stand your ground” is really “Kill at will”
Gun lobbyists and their minions in state legislatures want us to believe that making it legal for people to shoot others because they feel
Gabrielle Giffords, Trayvon Martin: Why aren’t we talking about the guns?
What does it take in America when there is a senseless gun shooting for the country to say enough is enough about firearms? In