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
You know you've been waiting for THIS: … [Read more...] about Some Wonderful Holiday Music to Get You Ready For Christmas
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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Survivor: Shootings ‘Should Not Be Normal’ in US
Survivor: Shootings 'should not be normal' in US (via AFP) A survivor of a 2007 shooting voiced horror Friday after an elementary school massacre in Connecticut, urging policymakers to take action to stop such violence from being "normal" in the United States. Colin Goddard, who became an advocate for gun control after the 2007 shooting at the Virginia … [Read more...] about Survivor: Shootings ‘Should Not Be Normal’ in US
U.S. Conference of Mayors Statement on Mass Shooting in Newton
Just sent via email: STATEMENT BY THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS PRESIDENT PHILADELPHIA MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER ON THIS MORNING’S MASS SHOOTING IN NEWTOWN Washington, D.C. – U.S. Conference of Mayors President Philadelphia (PA) Michael A. Nutter today issued the following statement on the Connecticut school shooting: “Again and again and again, Americans are stunned by … [Read more...] about U.S. Conference of Mayors Statement on Mass Shooting in Newton
Tearful Obama Mourns ‘Beautiful Kids’ After School Massacre (Video)
Like many Americans, the events in at a small school in Connecticut culminating in the murder of 27 people, incluiding 20 small children attending a k-4 school, hit home for President Barack Obama. And it showed in his statement, which was hardly perfunctory: … [Read more...] about Tearful Obama Mourns ‘Beautiful Kids’ After School Massacre (Video)
Wonderland on a Cliff
EUGENE ROBINSON COLUMN WASHINGTON -- Are you as sick of the "fiscal cliff" as I am? Actually, that's a trick question. You couldn't possibly be. Having to read and hear all the constant blather about this self-inflicted "crisis" is an onerous burden, I'll admit. But just imagine having to produce that blather. Imagine trying to come up with something original and … [Read more...] about Wonderland on a Cliff
Small Sacrifices
In this country, we love our kids; we love sports; we love money. But what we worship is guns. Don't believe me? Think I'm being unfair? Ask yourself - what brings about an incredibly intense reaction from the public faster than a move to restrict, in any way, access to guns or ammunition? Ask any politician who has ever tried to introduce legislation, or even tried … [Read more...] about Small Sacrifices
Massacre of School Children: Violation of Little Kids’ Ultimate “Safe Place”
San Diego, CA -- And so the bar in American society has been lowered again. In another supremely obscene and brutal moment, a deranged mind decides to wipe out en mass the lives of people he doesn't know, and destroy forever the lives of their lived ones. This time it is the lives of the truly real, little people, little kids (latest count is 18 children) -- little kids … [Read more...] about Massacre of School Children: Violation of Little Kids’ Ultimate “Safe Place”
Geez, It Happened Again! Why The National Rifle Association Would Shoot The Moon & Certain Politicians It Could
(PORTIONS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 2011) America is a gun-sick country, a place where people can legally possess and in some cases carry weapons specifically designed to kill large numbers of people. Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between, as James Carville famously remarked, and the Dixie-like legislature is so in love with guns that … [Read more...] about Geez, It Happened Again! Why The National Rifle Association Would Shoot The Moon & Certain Politicians It Could
Murder of the Innocents: At Least 27 Including Children Massacred at Connecticut Elementary School in Worst School Shooting in U.S. History
Deadly shooting erupts at US elementary school (via AFP) At least 27 people were killed, including 18 children, in a shooting Friday at a Connecticut elementary school, US media reported. Connecticut State Police spokesman Paul Vance would not give details, but confirmed "there was a shooting." CBS News cited law enforcement sources as saying that 27 … [Read more...] about Murder of the Innocents: At Least 27 Including Children Massacred at Connecticut Elementary School in Worst School Shooting in U.S. History
HSBC: Too Big To Jail?
Neil Barofsky has a must-read piece in The New Republic: Too Big to Jail? Some perspective: HSBC sent more than $800 million in bulk cash from Mexico to the United States, a good chunk of which apparently represented proceeds from some of the most notorious Colombian drug cartels. As someone who tried the first narcotics money laundering case involving extradition from … [Read more...] about HSBC: Too Big To Jail?