\u2022 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.<\/p>\n
\u2022 It is time for liberals to make a stand for repealing the Second Amendment.\u00a0 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<\/em> means in America.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n \u2022 I love to hear criminal justice officials lament how mass shooters who exhibited violent tendencies in the past “fell through the cracks.”\u00a0 When it comes to guns in America, it’s all cracks and they know it.<\/p>\n \u2022 In “Anthem<\/a>” Leonard Cohen wrote:<\/p>\n Ring the bells that still can ring<\/em> 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?<\/p>\n That’s OK, no one expects the dead to answer.<\/p>\n \u2022 Clouds, especially storm clouds, appear to have a lot of substance but are basically fog.\u00a0 People, especially stormy people, share many attributes with clouds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2022 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. \u2022 It is time for liberals to make a stand for repealing … Continue reading
\nForget your perfect offering<\/em>
\nThere is a crack, a crack in everything<\/em>
\nThat’s how the light gets in<\/em><\/p>\n