Posts Tagged: school shootings

Picture of Anguish
Their anguish is visceral. The searing torment of two young girls is captured for eternity. Though from vastly different times and places the feel is eerily similar. We cannot look away. We must not look away. America’s pain is immortalized

Picture of Anguish
Their anguish is visceral. The searing torment of two young girls is captured for eternity. Though from vastly different times and places the feel is eerily similar. We cannot look away. We must not look away. America’s pain is immortalized

March Madness
I am mad. We are living in a never-ending march of madness worthy of Alice in Wonderland. It is maddening. In March alone- While school shootings continue and nine-year-old children are killed, our legislatures are busy at work protecting the

March Madness
I am mad. We are living in a never-ending march of madness worthy of Alice in Wonderland. It is maddening. In March alone- While school shootings continue and nine-year-old children are killed, our legislatures are busy at work protecting the

Save the Children
As I bask in the joy of the warm birthday wishes I received yesterday, grateful to have made it to 68, I can’t help but think of those 3 children who will never celebrate a birthday again. I am more

Save the Children
As I bask in the joy of the warm birthday wishes I received yesterday, grateful to have made it to 68, I can’t help but think of those 3 children who will never celebrate a birthday again. I am more

Policemen Don’t Always Keep Us Safe
In school I learned early on the policeman is our friend. All our schoolbooks told us so. He is always there to help you. He keeps us safe. He keeps children safe. He keeps children safe in school. How Do

Policemen Don’t Always Keep Us Safe
In school I learned early on the policeman is our friend. All our schoolbooks told us so. He is always there to help you. He keeps us safe. He keeps children safe. He keeps children safe in school. How Do

Guns Plus Teachers Does Not Equal Safety
Teachers + guns does not = safety. It’s bad math. And bad policy. It’s a simple equation – arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom. Senator Ted Cruz gets an F in that subject. In the wake

Guns Plus Teachers Does Not Equal Safety
Teachers + guns does not = safety. It’s bad math. And bad policy. It’s a simple equation – arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom. Senator Ted Cruz gets an F in that subject. In the wake

Kent State Shootings- Fifty Years Later
Shots fired. In the spring of 1970, 50 years before the tragic school shootings at Parkland, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and now Highlands Ranch, the country had been shaken to its core by the senseless shootings that took place at

Kent State Shootings- Fifty Years Later
Shots fired. In the spring of 1970, 50 years before the tragic school shootings at Parkland, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and now Highlands Ranch, the country had been shaken to its core by the senseless shootings that took place at

Kent State Shots Are Fired
Shots fired. In the spring of 1970, nearly 50 years before the tragic school shootings at Parkland, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and now Highlands Ranch, the country had been shaken to its core by the senseless shootings that took place

Kent State Shots Are Fired
Shots fired. In the spring of 1970, nearly 50 years before the tragic school shootings at Parkland, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and now Highlands Ranch, the country had been shaken to its core by the senseless shootings that took place

Should Teachers Carry Guns?
Arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom How long before we hear the latest installment of the gun advocates argument that school faculty members should carry weapons in school? The old debate whether arming teachers would make

Should Teachers Carry Guns?
Arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom How long before we hear the latest installment of the gun advocates argument that school faculty members should carry weapons in school? The old debate whether arming teachers would make

Should Teachers Carry Guns?
Arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom How long before we hear the latest installment of the gun advocates argument that school faculty members should carry weapons in school? The old debate whether arming teachers would make

Should Teachers Carry Guns?
Arming teachers doesn’t add up to safety in the classroom How long before we hear the latest installment of the gun advocates argument that school faculty members should carry weapons in school? The old debate whether arming teachers would make