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Newtown official calls for FAU professor's firing
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsI'm all for academic freedom and freedom of speech, but there's a not-so-fine line between critical thinking and crackpot lunacy. Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy has clearly stepped over it. Tracy's doubts about the Sandy Hook Elementary...Tags: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Freedom of the Press, Education
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Connecticut school massacre: Why?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsEvery gun massacre is horrible, but this seems worst of all. If the preliminary reports are true, a gunman (or perhaps gunmen?) might have massacred an entire kindergarten class at an elementary school in Connecticut. Twenty children, six adults and......Tags: Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, National Rifle Association of America
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The forgotten victim: Nancy Lanza
The philosopher Kahlil Gibran's meditation on children is a touching favorite among parents who have read "The Prophet." In it, he captures perfectly the helplessness we feel as our children go out into the world, into the future, and necessarily...
Tags: Schizophrenia, Barack Obama, Adam Lanza
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Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting
Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Interior Policy, Politics, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , University of Texas at Austin
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Gun control fervor high, but as usual it will soon pass
This week the U.S. Senate will discuss the expansion of criminal background checks for gun buyers. Just months after one of the deadliest mass shootings by a single American, leading lawmakers suggest support for gun control legislation is bleak, and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Interior Policy, Lobbying, Gun Control
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Ebert grew more inspirational with age
A number that jumps out from the coverage of Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert's death Thursday at age 70: 306. That's the number of movie reviews he wrote last year, according to what turned out to be the final entry on his blog Tuesday. "The most of...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Politics, Interior Policy, Movies, Women's National Basketball Association
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Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons
Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Lobbying
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Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress
From Washington to Annapolis to Hartford, Conn., wherever new gun restrictions are being debated, it's important to remember Sandy Hook. That's not a plea to the emotions. That's a plea to human decency and common sense — a reminder of the...
Tags: Fred Thomas, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Interior Policy, Politics, U.S. Congress
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A grieving father's plea
WASHINGTON -- Most of our top elected officials probably didn't notice -- they were too busy making fools of themselves over an idiotic budget "crisis" of their own manufacture -- but something worth remembering happened in Washington this week: A...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Politics, Lobbying, Michael Bloomberg
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Signs that the NRA is losing
Now that they're facing Washington's first serious push for new gun violence prevention laws since the Columbine massacre, gun lobbyists are grasping at straws — as in "straw" purchases. That's the slang for someone who legally buys a firearm from...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Interior Policy, Politics, National Government, Laws
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Lehigh Valley native's design aids Newtown massacre families
Shelley Magan's right. Sometimes, there are no words. And that's why the design she dreamed up to memorialize the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre is so potent. It doesn't say "Rest In Peace" or "We Remember." It doesn't say anything....
Tags: Apples, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Ocean City
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Catholic Schools Week a memorable occasion
South Bend TribuneOh, how well I remember Catholic Schools week. How could I forget the Burger King booklets? Again this year, the schools have been doing some fun and serious events during the week. Last week I visited some of the Mishawaka and South Bend Catholic...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Catholic Relief Services, Separation of Church and State, Roman Catholicism
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