Mass shooting in [city], [number] dead

It is the deadliest shooting in US history, until next month. Are the American people okay with this? Each week and month and year that goes by with nothing being done tells me that most are. Imagine a world in which you can buy a tank at your local car dealership. Imagine in this world, …

What strange dialogue

I started listening to For Whom the Bell Tolls recently, and am wondering why everyone is so enamored with Hemingway. The story so far is engaging and well told, but it seems so... prosaic... which is not what I expected from one so universally praised. I'll give it time though, it is drawing me in. …

Heroes without guns

Another mass shooting today, and the debate rages on. What do we do about it? Every time this happens (which is almost literally every day) there are the same arguments, and in the past I've always ignored it, not wanting to get into debates with people who's minds aren't going to change. But I've decided …