New polling shows trouble ahead for Republican politicians who continue blocking any attempt at rational restrictions on guns: Young conservatives of the kind the GOP will increasingly need in the future are far more open to required psychological exams for gun purchasers and other firearms ...
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 number may have changed yet again. The last mass shooting to make headlines was March 27 at Covenant Presbyterian School in Nashville, Tenn., ...
In the past week, America has pondered two news stories involving schools, one tragic, the other cynical. Last Monday, an attacker shot and killed three children and three adults in a Tennessee grade school, the latest in an almost-weekly parade of carnage in America’s classrooms. Days ...
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 that a response is required. The remaining unbuilt section would cross the Blue Ridge ...
Look at the faces of Michigan State University students as they ran down staircases, jumped behind low walls and barricaded themselves in dorms and classroom buildings when a gunman opened fire on campus Monday night. The photos and videos are all over social media, showing their fear and ...
by Paige Masten The first mass shooting I remember is Sandy Hook in 2012. I was in middle school then, and I could tell something was wrong when I walked downstairs and saw my parents watching the news while it was still light out. During my first year of high school, I remember my ...