I had something else written for this week. (Don't worry, you'll get to read it at some point.) Like many of us who post our opinions and thoughts for the world to see, my inclinations completely changed as we woke up to horrible news on Tuesday morning. I, like all of you, did not except or ever imagine that I would have to tell my boys at the breakfast table that a person rained bullets over and into a crowd of music-lovers, killing 58 people, and injuring countless othe

I should preface this with three things: First, my parents and eldest sister are immigrants to the US. Second, I was born in the US. Third, neither of the previous statements are a predictor of our inclination (or not) to pick up a weapon and shoot other people. Well, I am a parent of three boys, so perhaps I AM a little more likely to pick up a watergun, but that’s really just a treat saved for my children. Again, we wake up to news of a senseless killing. Recent heartbr

We are living in a world with a great divide: to be (a gun owner, properly or not, and maintain one's right to bear arms and protect themselves and property) or not to be (a gun owner, and allow for the proper authorities to maintain peace and keep the bad guys at bay). Big big question. I'm not going to tell you whether or not it's proper to have a gun in your home or on your person. I'm not going to tell you who should or should not bear arms. You have decide what is rig

A rant, if you will. I believe words are more powerful than weapons. "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate-school mountain, but there in the sandpile at school. These are the things I learned: Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things back where you found them. Clean up your o