For Me and Other Parents, Gun Violence Is Personal
I knew something was very wrong when I pulled in the driveway to pick up my daughter for the weekend and saw her mom’s front door ajar. As a single mother living in suburban Miami, my former wife...
View ArticleI Have Met The Enemy And It Is ‘The Other Steve’
To paraphrase a very wise cartoon character, I have met the enemy and we share the same name. To be fair, I’ve never spoken to The Other Steve Wissink, better known in the database of TV drivel as “The...
View ArticleGun Violence – A Mother’s Tragic Story
I’ve gotten a lot of responses to the story of how gun violence has affected my daughter and me. One of the more poignant ones came from a mother named Kim. It again brings home the point that parents...
View ArticleGuns, Booze and the GOP Mindset
Chris and Candace are two bartenders in their 20s who rarely have time politics – until now that is. Once I told them their safety may be jeopardized in a big way, they suddenly started paying...
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