Tag Archives: guns

Germs, Guns & Trumpcare: With Cruel Health Bill, GOP is Playing with Fire

If the Senate passes this egregious tax break for the wealthy/corporations masquerading as a healthcare bill—and it’s increasingly, alarmingly likely that it will—James Hodgkinson may well become, unfortunately, not a deranged lone wolf but a template for a desperate form of last-resort resistance: the John Brown of the 21st century. Continue reading

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NRA Board Member Regrets

Second thoughts for the Second Amendment. Continue reading

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50 Bullet Points Concerning America’s Gun Psychosis

If you’re still alive, you’re not Orlando. Do something. Do anything. Continue reading

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SEVEN THINGS WE DON’T CARE ABOUT THIS WEEK: The Clown Car Variations

Haters gonna hate: come on in, the water’s warm. Continue reading

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Peace Is Patriotic, But War Stirs the Blood

Tracing the paths of glory: Boys, Guns, and the Fascination with War Continue reading

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13 Predictions for 2013

Greg Olear puts on his Nostradamus hat and foretells the best and worst of the year to come. Continue reading

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A Farewell to Arms

This is a column from March 13, 2001, about gun control. It is being re-run in its entirety to show just how little has been done in the last 12 years on the issue. Continue reading

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