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Gun violence: We’ve abdicated our power to stop the madness

June 24, 2014 Renee Shur Activism, Crime/Violence, Guns Leave a comment

For most of us, safety is something we take for granted. We assume that, after a day at work or leisure, the people we

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It took too long to start the gun control debate

December 27, 2012 Arthur Lieber Children, Congress, Crime/Violence, Guns, Media, Obama, Violence Leave a comment

Progressives, can you imagine Rachel Maddow shying away from a story high on the liberal agenda. I couldn’t until the evening of Friday, December

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Benghazi and Newtown

December 14, 2012 Arthur Lieber Foreign Policy, Guns, Uncategorized, Violence Leave a comment

Go figure. Republicans have made a bogus issue out of the September 11, 2012 incident at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.  They sabotaged

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