According to my Twitter feed, most everyone was on pins and needles Wednesday evening as the jury announced its verdict in the Jodi Arias murder trial. Spoiler alert: shooting someone in the face, stabbing him dozens of times and then slicing his throat does not help your argument that you acted in self-defense. Unfortunately, there are [...]
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Enough With The Majority Bashing: The Truth About Mass Shootings
Are white men really to blame for our gun violence issues? Charlotte and Harriet Childress, who say they are “researchers and consultants on social and political issues,” promote that theory in their recent Washington Post op-ed , but the piece would indicate their research has little more depth than a layer of skin. Which is probably [...]
Women Gun Owners Shoot Straight About Firearms, Violence, Second Amendment
Some coverage of the gun debate might lead you to believe every woman in America wants to gut the Second Amendment. You’d be mistaken. The number of American women who own guns is on the rise. In 2011, Gallup reported 23 percent of American women are gun owners, up from 13 percent in 2005. Recently, [...]
FLOTUS & State of the Union Guests: More Than a Nice Invitation
The White House just released the list of guests who will be joining Michelle Obama in the traditional First Lady’s Seating Box for the State of the Union address. There are always some Americans invited whose stories are personally compelling and add something along the lines of what sportscasters call “color commentary” for an event. [...]
Why Obama’s Gun Control Proposal is a Step in the Right Direction
President Obama stood in front of masses of media and announced his proposals for gun control in the wake of a number of school shootings in the past month, including a horrible tragedy here in my home state of Connecticut just two towns up the road at Sandy Hook Elementary. President Obama has proposed several [...]
Fear of Asperger’s Syndrome: Overreaction After the Sandy Hook Tragedy
The last few days since the Sandy Hook massacre the media has been full of gossip and speculation about the young man who committed this horrific crime. Journalists have talked about his introverted personality, his social awkwardness, and being a troubled teenager. There has been speculation that he has Asperger’s Syndrome or some kind of [...]
It’s Not Too Soon to Have a Real Debate About Guns
In the past week, I have seen 20 children and six adults lost in my very own community. One of the adults who lost her life is someone I grew up with, graduated high school with, and played basketball with as a child. In the wake of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the [...]
The Newtown Tragedy: Why Have So Few Things Changed Since Gabby Giffords Was Shot?
I wish we didn’t need to keep thinking about the topic of how gun violence seems to be so intertwined with how we as Americans think about, or don’t think about, mental health and the treatment of mental illnesses in our country. I wrote the following article at Politics Daily after former U.S. Congresswoman Gabby [...]
You Don’t Have to be a Parent to Worry About Guns
“We’ve endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would — as a parent. And that was especially true today. I know there’s not a parent in America who doesn’t feel the same overwhelming grief [...]
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I Want My Mother Back
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Charles Ramsey and the Racial Language Barrier
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Brave’s Merida is Herself Again. But for How Long?
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Can “Maybe” Empower Our Children in Times of Fear?
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Voting ‘Yes’ for Schools, But ‘No’ to Giving My Time
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Broad of the Week: The Latina Rebel of the Civil War
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Wolf Blitzer’s Faith-Based Journalism in Oklahoma
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Pope Francis on Religious Tolerance: Do Good. We Will Meet One Another There
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Voting ‘Yes’ for Schools, But ‘No’ to Giving My Time
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It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature: Are Tornadoes Getting Worse?
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