A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA’s evolution on school shootings – Tim Mak, NPR Investigations, November 9, 2021. Days after the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, senior National Rifle Association leaders held a private conference ca…
The Guardian view on soaring US gun violence: America must face the problem | Editorial
The US already had more guns than people when sales began rising a few years ago. It is now set for its highest number of gun killings in 20 yearsAs Covid cases surge once more in the US, another public health crisis is pummelling the country too. Last…
Responding to Newtown, Aurora, Blacksburg, et al
I watched President Obama’s speech at the Newtown Memorial last night. My college and high school-aged kids and some of their friends and cousins were there too. It gave me a chance to not only consider how to pick myself up after such a senseless trag…