On Tuesday, May 24, we were shocked yet again by another senseless tragedy. Children killed with military-style weapons in a Texas elementary school by an older child. Just 10 days after black Buffalo shoppers were killed in a similar way. Again, and again. We feel anguish, we feel rage, we feel impotent. Is there something … Read more
So the Arizona Republic did one of those useless speculation pieces, The Gaggle: How will state lawmakers react after tragic school shooting in Texas? Ooh! Ooh! I know! The AP reports, Arizona Senate Democrats force vote on gun background checks: Minority Democrats in the Arizona Senate used a procedural move Tuesday to force a vote … Read more
Dr. Roxane Gaye at the New York Times writes, Don’t Talk to Me About ‘Civility.’ On Tuesday Morning Those Children Were Alive. There is a cultural obsession nowadays with civility, with the idea that if everyone is mannered enough, any impasse or difference of opinion can be bridged. But these are desperately uncivil times. And … Read more
We have failed. As Americans, we have failed to stop the gun violence that plagues our country. As Americans, we have elected those candidates who fetishize guns and allowed them to pass laws that create tragedies like this. As Americans, we have created a culture that believes the Second Amendment is infallible when it is, … Read more
The Hill reports, Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism bill: Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a bill to create domestic terrorism offices within federal law enforcement agencies in response to a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., that left 10 people dead. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) framed the Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act as an opportunity … Read more