Category Archives: Gun Control

Commentary Not even ‘baby steps’ for 34 GOP Senators, they voted for no steps! The New York Times reported today that “…the Senate on Tuesday cleared the first hurdle to passing a bipartisan measure aimed at keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people, agreeing to take up a compromise bill whose enactment wouldContinue reading “Gun Control Legislation: I guess ‘baby steps’ are better than no steps at all. But is this the best we can do?”

Commentary Surprised? I’m not, given the NRA, big donors and inaction and lies from GOP politicians. I’m overwhelmed with writing projects. I vowed to spend the day “Spring cleaning” my disastrously messy office (it’s still Spring, right). I told myself to take a day or two off from opining. After all, what good am IContinue reading “Nearly half of Republican voters choose gun rights over protecting gun violence victims”

Commentary Yesterday it was “out of wedlock child birth, divorce, single parent homes and abortion;” today it’s “Black people, frankly.” In an Around the Block post last week, America may be broken beyond repair, the featured photo I chose was a screen shot from a campaign ad from Blake Masters, a man running for theContinue reading “As mass shootings become a daily event, GOP theories as to their cause become ever more outrageous”

Commentary The inane comments by three GOP Congressmen this week don’t bode well for progress on gun control, or anything else for that matter Just when I thought the GOP solutions to gun violence in schools including, arming teachers (because armed trained police professionals at schools has worked out so well), limiting access doors andContinue reading “Just when you think the GOP can’t any get worse, it gets worse”

Commentary At least that’s what Michele Goldberg of the New York Times thinks. Unfortunately, I agree. I’m tired. I’m sad. I’m angry and I’m frustrated. It’s often been suggested to me, after I post a particularly provocative or contentious column, “Good column. But what are you going to do about it, except get if offContinue reading “America may be broken beyond repair”

Commentary American Exceptionalism at its worst. When will this stop? I was out with a friend yesterday afternoon. When I returned I switched the TV on and heard the horrific news: 14 children in the 2nd 3rd and 4th grades and one teacher were murdered at a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. As my headlineContinue reading “19 students, two teachers killed in Texas elementary school shooting”

Commentary Ruling leads to the first annual Around the Block “One of these things is not like the others” contest Before we get deep into the headlined story, I thought it might be fun if we’d first take a break and warm up with the first annual Around the Block “One Of These Things IsContinue reading “Federal judge overturns California’s ban on assault weapons”