by Cynthia M. Allen In the aftermath of a tragedy like the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, when emotions and egos are running high, few of us […]
Tag: gun violence
Saving America from within
by Martin Schram “Seven Days in May,” the epic 1960s novel and a film starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and Ava Gardner, was a fictional tale about […]
Gun debate needs to break old patterns
by Ramesh Ponnuru The mass murder of children in Uvalde, Texas, coming just 10 days after the mass murder of shoppers in Buffalo, N.Y., moved former Sen. […]
A Latino-on-Latino mass shooting
by Gustavo Arellano When I heard that a gunman had killed multiple schoolchildren in a predominantly Latino town in Texas, I immediately thought: white supremacist. How could […]
Never again … until it happens again
Our country has suffered yet another unspeakable tragedy: 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, armed with two assault rifles, opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 […]
States with stronger gun laws have lower rates of shooting homicides
by Michael Smolens Amid an increase in gun violence across the nation, officials are struggling to understand why it’s happening and what to do about it. The […]
Crime and a widow’s eloquence
Trust in government has been declining since the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. According to Pew Research, only 36% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents and 9% of […]
Mon BOE mulls school violence concerns
Eddie Campbell Jr. may have stopped just short of saying it, during a meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education last week. Metal detectors. Campbell is […]
Group wants metal detectors at MHS in response to threats
When Brandie Miles was a high school student back in Waldorf, Md., she passed through a metal detector every day on her way to class. She didn’t […]
After Michigan, local threats cause community concern
It’s certainly been an interesting week in the world of education here in Morgantown. Last Friday, an unsigned threat to “shoot up” Morgantown High School that day […]