The gun debate: Out of the mouths of teens
PBS Newshour asked high school teenagers for their thoughts on the gun debate. Their comments are enlightening. Are lawmakers listening to this generation? I found it interesting that the African...
View ArticleA Bronx story that relates to the murders in Chicago
By Mark Naison Professor of History, Fordham University Jan. 30, 2013 It’s the mid 1950’s. Howie Evans, a 15 yearold up-and-coming basketball and track star, is shooting hoops in the night center at...
View ArticleEvery time an anti-government gun nut …
via WNYC … would go on an internet rant about how he would rather be well-armed in order to protect himself against a government takeover (see top anti-government conspiracies here), I’d roll my eyes,...
View ArticleDreaming with my father.
Dad looked like this in my dream! I have always been the type to remember dreams, but I’ve never dreamt with a dead person before. I dreamt of my father last night. It was pretty weird. There he was,...
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