The gun violence that plagues the US has a simple answer. Contrary to the opinions of gun fundamentalists, It’s not “more guns.”
More guns isn’t the answer to America’s gun problem
It’s time baseball players were allowed to carry guns on the field
Yesterday, the second best pitcher on the LA Dodgers, Zack Greinke, had his collarbone broken by an out-of-control Carlos Quentin. If Greinke had only had a right to carry a gun in the workplace, this […]
Guns, knives, pit bulls and the new Gallup poll
This morning I walked past a man about my age, sixty, who was wearing camouflage and a fatigue-style cap. He had two Bowie knives on his belt and was walking a ferocious-looking […]
An open letter to former Colorado football coach Bill McCartney: STFU
On Sunday, the University of Colorado fired head football coach Jon Embree after two seasons. Reaction has been mixed and at times heated. Some point to the results, noting not only the […]
The seven kinds of rape (thx to the GOP for sorting this out)
Back in the old days rape was rape. Or, at most, there were two kinds. There was the “put on a ski mask and rape her at knifepoint” type and there was […]
Famous political quotes (via Paul Szep)
Penn State's sports culture is the rule, not the exception
by Brian Moritz News of the punishment came down first thing on Monday morning, July 23. More than eight months after scandal first broke at Penn State, about a month after former […]
Penn State deserves the "death penalty" – they forgot their mission
<by Rafael Noboa y Rivera Should Penn State’s football program receive the “death penalty”? The NCAA – far more swiftly than most expected – is set to hand down its decision at […]
July 5, 2012: Nothing's changed. The American dream continues to erode
Hope you enjoyed your hot dogs, Mom, apple pie, fireworks, and the inevitable flourishes of patriotism, both faux and real, on the Fourth of July. But nothing has changed in America from […]
Lindsay Lohan to run for Congress? Why we should vote for her
The strikingly beautiful young woman — she will turn 26 years old on July 2 — approaches the podium with its waiting forest of microphones. Her hair, reddish blonde and flowing well […]
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