The sacrifice we ask others to pay for our choices is laid out clearly in an op-ed this morning in the New York Times. It comes from a father whose son was murdered in another school shooting some years back. He points to the real reason we won't and almost certainly won't control the elements in our society that allow -- even encourage -- these events to continue. I … [Read more...] about What Our Kids Pay For
Obama to Join Vigil for Connecticut School Massacre
Obama to join vigil for Connecticut school massacre (via AFP) President Barack Obama was due in the small Connecticut community of Newtown on Sunday to join in an interfaith vigil for the 20 small children and seven adults slaughtered by a young gunman. The president's visit comes two days after the heavily armed 20-year-old, Adam Lanza, stalked into the … [Read more...] about Obama to Join Vigil for Connecticut School Massacre
Victims Names Released in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, Elementary School Massacre
Police in Connecticut have now released the names of the victims in the Sandy Hook, CT elementary school massacre. Twenty kids, 8 adults. According to reports, the kids were all 6 or 7 years old, the shooter murdered an entire classroom of kids and then moved on to start on another. The kids were shot from 3 to 11 times each. Dead adults included heroic adults such as the … [Read more...] about Victims Names Released in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, Elementary School Massacre
Sheldon Adelson (Cartoon)
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Breaking News In Connecticut: Facts Victim Of Media Rush To Be First
[Updated] In discussions about the future of journalism in the digital era, there are lots of arguments about the importance of professional reporting. Fact-checking. Accountability. The tragedy in Newtown, CT on Friday puts a big dent in these arguments. The dents may be so large as to be fatal. Dent number one: Nancy Lanza was a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, … [Read more...] about Breaking News In Connecticut: Facts Victim Of Media Rush To Be First
Sandy Hook School Shooting: Few Easy Answers for a Violent Culture
Sandy Hook school shooting: Few easy answers for a violent culture (via The Christian Science Monitor) New details in the Newtown, Conn., school massacre suggest that the alleged shooter, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, may have suffered from autism or a personality disorder and also had easy access to high-powered weapons – a combination of unique circumstances that may … [Read more...] about Sandy Hook School Shooting: Few Easy Answers for a Violent Culture
Connecticut School Shooter Remains an Enigma
US school shooter remains an enigma (via AFP) No one knows yet what transformed nerdy, small town loner Adam Lanza into a black-clad monster who gunned down 26 people, including 20 young children, at an elementary school. What many acquaintances agree on is that Lanza, 20, was as quiet as the Connecticut community of Newtown where he unleashed… … [Read more...] about Connecticut School Shooter Remains an Enigma
Gunman Used Rifle to Fire Multiple Shots at Kids
Gunman used rifle to fire multiple shots at kids (via AFP) The US school gunman used an assault rifle to pump his mostly six- and seven-year old victims with multiple bullets, authorities said Saturday, as details of the horrific spree became clearer. Previously it had been reported that Adam Lanza, 20, used two law enforcement style handguns to murder the… … [Read more...] about Gunman Used Rifle to Fire Multiple Shots at Kids
Hack Of The Day
Preacher turned Governor turned Presidential Candidate turned millionaire political hack Mike Huckabee knows why the massacre at Shady Hook Elementary School happened - his god was unhappy. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee attributed the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in part to restrictions on school prayer and religious materials in the … [Read more...] about Hack Of The Day
Newtown: Gun ‘Barbarism’ that Cannot be Removed by Legislation (La Jornada, Mexico)
Is U.S. gun culture beyond legislative redemption? This editorial from Mexico's La Jornada asserts that the endless string of violent attacks leading up to Thursday's massacre of toddlers in Newtown, Connecticut, suggests a society that requires far deeper introspection and correction than can be provided by lawmakers. Today's La Jornada editorial says in … [Read more...] about Newtown: Gun ‘Barbarism’ that Cannot be Removed by Legislation (La Jornada, Mexico)
No Consolation for Catchers in the Rye
More than Columbine, fewer than Virginia Tech. Once again the national mind and heart are riddled with unspeakable statistics, this time most of them school children under ten. All other anxieties disappear—-the fiscal cliff, Middle East violence, even holy days of human caring—-into the maw of madness always waiting under life’s surface to engulf us all. The President … [Read more...] about No Consolation for Catchers in the Rye
World Leaders Express Shock Over Latest US Shooting
World leaders express shock over latest US shooting (via AFP) World leaders expressed shock and horror after a gunman massacred 20 small children and six teachers Friday in the US state of Connecticut, one of the worst school shootings in history. UN chief Ban Ki-moon wrote to Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to give his "deepest condolences at the shocking … [Read more...] about World Leaders Express Shock Over Latest US Shooting
Some Wonderful Holiday Music to Get You Ready For Christmas
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Elementary School Shooting: What Gun Control Laws Might US Voters Support?
Elementary school shooting: What gun control laws might US voters support? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Will the heartbreaking school shooting in Newtown, Conn., lead to more support for gun control measures in the US? That’s certainly possible. The deaths of so many innocent children, so young, are likely to earn the crime a place on a tragic roll call of … [Read more...] about Elementary School Shooting: What Gun Control Laws Might US Voters Support?
Christian Response to Connecticut Elementary School Tragedy
I host a daily radio show in the Seattle area. I thought I'd share with the Moderate Voice readers my perspective on today's events. These are just personal thoughts from an emotional radio host. Please don't trash me in the comment section. My heart, like many other hearts, is breaking. Click on the link below to hear the whole show. I talk about the school shooting in … [Read more...] about Christian Response to Connecticut Elementary School Tragedy
America’s 10 Deadliest Shootings
America's 10 deadliest shootings (via GlobalPost) The US is devastated by yet another shooting. "We have been through this too many times," President Obama said. Kyle Kim Boston — Americans are shocked and horrified by shootings like the one that took the lives of 27 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on Friday. But in a year… … [Read more...] about America’s 10 Deadliest Shootings
Shooting (Cartoon)
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Major Media Purveyors: Don’t Give Mass Killers The Fame They Crave!
I would love for all the major media outlets--conventional network news departments, cable news channels, and internet news publishers--to engage in an act of collusion behind an idea mentioned on this evening's PBS NewHour by David Brooks. When tragic events like today's Connecticut shooting happen, don't identify the alleged killer, don't display that person's image, … [Read more...] about Major Media Purveyors: Don’t Give Mass Killers The Fame They Crave!
Newtown Shootings (Cartoon)
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Shooting Kids (Cartoon)
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