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Kids will be kids
There are guns in approximately 40% of U.S. homes. Approximately 34% of American children live in homes with at least one gun. But this week in Colorado, those numbers sound way too low. Two 5-year-olds have died here this week in gun accidents. In one case, a 3-year-old shot an older brother. In the other, a little … Continue reading
Possible terrorist foiled by citizen, not feds
Another would-be terrorist in America has been stopped in his tracks. And again, it was an alert citizen and the local police who stopped him. Not the FBI or CIA, and certainly not the TSA. This time the suspect was an AWOL American soldier, Pfc. Naser Abdo, whose arrival in a taxi and purchase of … Continue reading
In the soup: Starbucks, Bing, Congress, et al
Education funding cuts Cutting funding to education? No wonder students are protesting today. The resulting tuition hikes in many cases will be so large that students already on tight budgets won’t be able to stay in school. Teachers will be fired, some classes will be eliminated, others will get much larger. I don’t agree with … Continue reading
The right to be a fool
Loaded guns at Presidential appearances? Pistols, even an assault rifle. Enough already! Look, I realize there’s a constitutional right to bear arms. And I realize some states have open carry laws. So, Mr. Doe in Phoenix, with the loaded assault rifle outside the President’s rally — I understand you had a legal right to be … Continue reading
Chalk talk
One of the things kids get to play with these days is sidewalk chalk. It’s a big improvement over the skinny little sticks of white chalk I once used to scrawl hopscotch grids on the driveway. I don’t know how easily sidewalk chalk washes off, or how many of today’s artists (or taggers) might have … Continue reading
You can observe a lot just by watching
Yogi Berra said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.” What a philosopher. You can hear a lot just by listening, too. And understand a lot just by thinking? That I’m not so sure about. Anyway, tapping into my current random-access memory, I find the following: When reporters cover hurricanes, they talk a lot … Continue reading
There is no constitutional right to bear arms
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. As an editor, I can interpret this only one way: the framers of the Constitution meant to ensure that the … Continue reading
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