One evening, just over a week ago, I was walking in Midtown Manhattan when dozens of police cars, sirens blasting, lights flashing, descended on the area. Cops […]
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Sept. 15 letters to the editor
Congress must help address homelessness With the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision (Grants Pass v. Johnson) allowing cities to prohibit homelessness without addressing its root causes, the […]
Campus carry flops, but it was never about the guns
Now that college students are back on campus and classes are in full swing, let’s talk about campus carry — the shorthand for a slew of policies […]
Failing students, one shooting at a time
by Patricia Murphy It was every parent’s nightmare — news Wednesday morning of a lockdown at Apalachee High School turned into reports of gunfire, then injuries, then […]
Congress can still do the right thing on bump stocks
A recent Supreme Court decision striking down the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks was a setback for public safety, but only a temporary one — provided […]
Jury right to find Hunter Biden guilty
It’s the prosecutor who was wrong by Harry Litman You can’t fault the jury that found Hunter Biden guilty Tuesday of falsely claiming that he was not […]
Getting guns away from abusers will save lives
by Megan Walsh and David Lamb “273.D.” The dispatch code for domestic violence sends chills down the spines of law enforcement officers, who know these calls to […]
The border crisis factor no one talks about: American guns
by Ieva Jusionyte When President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited Texas at the end of February, each spoke about migration and border security. Biden […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 7
Good: SB 740 and SB 471 — both of which deal with digital technology and child pornography. SB 740 would make it illegal to use digital manipulation […]
Inconsistent Republicans
In politics, it is often difficult to be consistent. Holding true to a particular ideology may require an individual to be for or against something that they […]