Consequences of anti-LGBTQ sentiment Sadly, two major stories in this week’s The Dominion Post seem related. Huggins’ inability to use sensitivity in describing incidents involving a college […]
Tag: gun violence
Maslow’s gun: Shoot first, question later
In addition to the seemingly inescapable mass shootings, wrong-place-wrong-time shootings are skyrocketing, too. In the last few weeks, we’ve had reports of a Black teenager shot by […]
Another day, another mass shooting
Another day, another mass shooting: 208 in 130 days. Likely more by the time you read this. Seven, in fact, on Sunday alone, with 12 total over […]
Our biggest fear is each other
by Helen Ubiñas We’ve spent much of the last few years dreading the possibility of coming into close physical contact with one another. And then, preparing ourselves […]
Why so many mass shootings if ‘guns don’t kill people’?
At the time of this writing, there have been 164 mass shootings in the first 109 days of 2023. By the time this editorial is published, that […]
April 16 letters to the editor
Ending gun violence starts in our homes Do you want to stop gun violence? Do you want to eliminate school violence? Then let us start at the […]
Even Republican voters want more gun laws. Why don’t their representatives?
by LZ Granderson The Alamo and the Riverwalk are the landmarks most associated with San Antonio, but they don’t tell you as much about the city as […]
Citizens rising up against guns and for our children
by Rob Okun “Until people start to go into the streets and protest, we’re not going to see the changes … If you don’t have the people […]
April 2 letters to the editor
Pipeline’s pros can’t outweigh its cons A guest essay in Sunday’s Dominion Post (3-26-23) extolling the benefits of finishing the Mountain Valley Pipeline is so glaringly misleading […]
How do you win voters on gun control?
Meet them where they are — in front of the TV by George Skelton It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America’s political system […]