Dec 17 2012

A feeling of control

A Message To The NRA From The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

By Paul Bibeau, Monday, December 17, 2012   Hey, guys. Pestilence here. The other riders and I are pretty busy lately, but we wanted to take a…  [more]

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Dec 17 2012

Groping for answers once again

After a 1996 Mass Shooting, Australia Enacted Strict Gun Laws. It Hasn’t Had a Similar Massacre Since.

By , Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at 10:00 PM ET   On April 28, 1996, a gunman opened fire on tourists…  [more]

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Dec 17 2012

Quintessentially

Why is the shooter always male?

By , Monday, Dec 17, 2012 11:00 AM CST   A common demand made of socially marginalized groups is that they take responsibility for the bad acts of their members.  These demands…  [more]

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Dec 17 2012

America is truly exceptional

What makes America’s gun culture totally unique in the world, in four charts

By Max Fisher, December 15, 2012 at 2:14 pm   The deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary is provoking another heated round of the same conversation…  [more]

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Dec 16 2012

A rare moment of national self-reflection

Newtown shooting: when it comes to guns and violence, America is like a failed state

Observer editorial, Saturday 15 December 2012   In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness the character of Kurtz, at his life’s end, has a moment of…  [more]

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Dec 14 2012

Holy chapter in the Gospel of America’s Goodness

Zero Dark Thirty: CIA hagiography, pernicious propaganda

By , Friday 14 December 2012 10.03 EST   I’ve now seen “Zero Dark Thirty”. Before getting to that: the controversy triggered this week by my commentary on the debate over …  [more]

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Dec 09 2012

Islam saved Jewry

So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews?

By David J Wasserstein, May 24, 2012   Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth. The argument for it…  [more]

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