Dec 17, 2014 | Gun Control, Jewish Experiences
Published: Good Men Project (December 17, 2014) Matthew Rozsa meditates on what we lost when Gabby Giffords was shot … and what we can still hope for. ___ It would be an understatement to say that I’m not an observant Jew. I don’t keep kosher, only periodically...
Nov 25, 2014 | Gun Control, Liskula Cohen
Published: Daily Dot (November 25, 2014) co-author: Liskula Cohen There were at least 12 school shootings since December 2012, from Newtown, Conn., to Marysville, Wash. Last week’s attack on Florida State University has made that number...
Jun 8, 2013 | Gun Control, History, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: mic (June 8, 2013) In light of the recent ricin attacks on Barack Obama, Michael Bloomberg, and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, it is time for us to acknowledge an unavoidable reality: When the slippery slope fallacy is applied to politics, the consequences...
May 29, 2013 | Conservativism, Extremism, Gun Control, Liberalism, Political Ideologies
Published: mic (May 29, 2013) When an issue is as superheated as gun control, one can almost instinctively predict the reaction to news stories such as this one: "New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has received an anonymous threatening letter that preliminary tests...
Mar 30, 2013 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Gender and Sexism, Gun Control
Published: mic (March 30, 2013) One might hope that a law which keeps guns out of the hands of perpetrators of domestic violence would receive bipartisan support. One would think. As reported by the Huffington Post, "a Colorado bill that prohibits convicted domestic...
Dec 17, 2012 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Gun Control, Mental Illness
Published: PolicyMic (December 17, 2012) ow am I supposed to begin an article describing what it's like to be autistic? I use the term "autistic" because, although I was officially diagnosed as a child with "high-functioning Asperger's Syndrome," the American...
Jul 21, 2012 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Gun Control, Media Issues, Mental Illness, Political Ideologies
Published: PolicyMic (July 21, 2012) Someone at ABC News needs to be fired. In my article on Mitt Romney's Bain scandal last week, I chided the media for being "pathetic" in its determination to take sides rather than objectively report the facts and demand answers...