If you were looking for a hackneyed and inelegant metaphor for privilege and inequality, the building I work in would be an excellent choice.
Category: Crime/Violence
Open Letter to Joe Scarborough
Joe – Thank you. Your panel discussion of the Berkley/Antifa/Snowflake “controversy” reminded me why of I don’t watch morning news programs. It is too
Fears and hopes after Charlottesville
Two frightening historical questions faced our species at the beginning of the 21st Century. Would humanity accelerate its compulsive consumption to the point of
Happy Birthday
In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I
Seeing the faces and knowing the lives of gun violence victims
One hundred thirty-two Missourians lost their lives, and 164 have been injured during the first 3 months of 2017 due to gun violence. Nine
MO legislature creates a new poverty crime
It’s now a law in Missouri that, if you’re on Medicaid, and you miss your doctor’s appointment without notifying the doctor 24 hours in
The truth about the good guys and the bad guys with guns
You know how the NRA types are always telling us that the antidote to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy?
Do we really need babysitters for Barettas?
Does the image of an armored truck, outfitted with 360-degree surveillance cameras and secured by body-camera-toting security guards, parked on the lot of a
We need police officers who are also social workers
What would have happened in Ferguson on that hot August afternoon had a social worker come upon Michael Brown on Canfield Avenue? What
Amman, Yemen, Istanbul, Dhaka, Baghdad, Medina: Where is the outrage?
June 22: Amman, Jordan, military checkpoint, 6 dead. June 27: Mukalla, Yemen, Security target, 42 dead, 30 injured. June 28: Istanbul, Turkey, Airport, 45