Tennessee Senator-elect Marsha Blackburn’s insensitivity towards gun victims invites comparisons with Lady Macbeth.
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Blackburn Unsexes Herself over Guns
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Children Leading the Way on Gun Control
The young people helping America rediscover decency concerning guns resemble Mary and Colin in “The Secret Garden.”
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In Support of Today’s Anti-NRA Marchers
In support of today’s march against the NRA and in support of sensible gun control, I post a powerful anti-NRA poem by Scott Bates.
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Read Your Children Poetry
A middle school teacher describes how he starts every class with a poem. Also, a note on school shootings, this one at a local high school.
Mass Killings, Our Most Dangerous Game
Many high school students these days feel hunted, bringing to mind Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Unfortunately, Trump sees it all as a game as well.
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GOP Releases Catch-22 on Gun Control
To avoid doing anything about the bump stock that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock used, the GOP has invoked Catch-22.
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On Toddlers, Terrorists, and Loaded Guns
Among the ways that Donald Trump is repaying the NRA for its support is reversing an Obama executive decision designed to keep guns out of the hands of mentally handicapped persons. Hilaire Belloc would have something to say about America’s casual acceptance of guns.
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This Time Grendel Chose Umpqua
Every time there is another mass killing, this time at Umpqua Community College, I turn to “Beowulf.” Few works understand such violence as well as this medieval Anglo-Saxon epic.
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A Modest Proposal for Shooting Students
Reacting against a proposal to allow guns on Idaho campuses, an Idaho professor has come up with a modest proposal of his own.
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