It’s not the ones who take firearms seriously, it’s the others Just so we’re clear, I do not have a problem with responsible, legal gun…
They’re right — it’s a moral issue
Conservatives say mass shootings are a moral issue and they’re correct In a darkly perverse way, it’s appropriate this one happened at a church. No,…
The lie of the good-guy-with-a-gun
I got mugged one night. It was nearing 3 a.m. and I was walking from my office to my apartment, a distance of probably 15…
A picture worth a thousand rounds
Sometimes, the story lies in what the photograph doesn’t show This innocuous photograph could tell any of a thousand stories. A young woman seems to…
A moral failure
When reports emerge of a teenager doing something reckless, careless or just stupid, my Republican friends are often the first to demand accountability from lazy…
“You have to learn not to get caught.”
It’s about time. Prior to COVID, the U.S. was experiencing notable mass shootings at the rate of about one a week. Other than certain war-torn,…
Rittenhouse IV: “Praise Jesus!”
“Praise Jesus!” That’s what the Facebook post said. It wasn’t just one post either — I saw several identical posts in reaction to Kyle Rittenhouse…
Rittenhouse III: Already a martyr
NBC News ran an editorial today stating that Kyle Rittenhouse will become a right-wing martyr if he’s convicted. NBC News is wrong: Rittenhouse is already…
Rittenhouse II: Rights have responsibilities
Kyle Rittenhouse had the right to take up arms. He had the right to bear them to Kenosha. He had the right to join the…
Rittenhouse I: A false patriot
If I needed an example of the cartoonish absurdity to which many hard-line conservatives have descended, perhaps no better examples exist than the effusive endorsements…