Now What?
I knew the Ferguson grand jury would not indict officer Wilson. I’m not cynical, just familiar with history. I knew I would feel like shit hearing the outcome, but I […]
Tag Archives: guns
Bias and Believing
Thank god for cell phones. The images of the protests and police reaction in Ferguson, Missouri over the past week are grotesquely similar to images from the civil rights confrontations […]
No Duty To Retreat
An uncomfortable truth is hidden under the national discussion about music being played too loud, and the hoodies that criminals wear. Racism is not going anywhere. I feel this observation […]
Sandy Hook
It is disheartening how little impact the mass murder of 20 elementary school children has had on gun regulations. Increased background check legislation stalled, restrictions on automatic weapons and military […]
Hoodie
I have been struggling to write about the George Zimmerman verdict while I got my thoughts together. Unfortunately, even though this post has been in draft since 7/15, my thoughts […]
Running
Writing about violence is much like writing about rape. As a culture we understand the definitions but it gets fuzzy when we move from the general to the specific, or […]
Fear
It is such a short trip to the land of fear. It is one of those places you can get to from just about anywhere. The predictable response from the […]
Wish List
I made a mistake the other day of responding to a Tweet about the Sandy Hook school shooting. Got a flurry of replies and personal messages from folks saying things […]
Mental Cliff
Like many people in the US, and around the world, I have been deeply affected by the mass killing of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14th. When […]
Guns
The school shooting in Chardon is tragic. I cannot imagine what it is like to be a parent of murdered child. Or a student who no longer feels safe at […]
