• If you’re bothered by the number of mentally-disturbed people in America contemplating mass violence at this moment, think of the vaster number of politicians letting it happen.
• It is time for liberals to make a stand for repealing the Second Amendment. If liberals stand for anything, they have to let go of even feigned respect for its ambiguous phrasing and the Supreme Court’s irresponsible interpretation of what bearing arms means in America. Liberals need to make it clear that every mass shooting from this day forward is on the dogmatists and obstructionists to answer for and do something about.
• I love to hear criminal justice officials lament how mass shooters who exhibited violent tendencies in the past “fell through the cracks.” When it comes to guns in America, it’s all cracks and they know it.
• In “Anthem” Leonard Cohen wrote:
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
Very poetic, graceful and full of promise, but my posthumous question for you, Mr. Cohen: Does taking the long view really make the short view palatable?
That’s OK, no one expects the dead to answer.
• Clouds, especially storm clouds, appear to have a lot of substance but are basically fog. People, especially stormy people, share many attributes with clouds.
I too am so angry Craig! It’s hard to move forward and not feel powerless. I’d love to “do something” but I live in NYS where many others ARE on the same page and you see where that got us! It feels like a steep climb with limited physical stamina. I’ll get involved writing letters as I did in 2020,etc.but the COURT has disarmed the American majority. 😥
As ever, your perception and expression of our situation is astute, Craig. I could make a crack about the mental disturbance of those in political office who are preventing any movement on gun violence or, heaven forbid, a rational look at the 2nd Amendment, but I will refrain.
Beautiful Leonard Cohen quote, thank you. May we all find individual strength to look for the light and let it in.