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Monthly Archives: May 2022
Three background check bills
Three background check bills (H.R. 8, H.R. 1446, H.R. 1518) have been introduced in Congress. H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446 have passed the House; none have yet become law. H.R. 8 has 201 cosponsors including 3 Republicans; H.R. 1446 has … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Gun Violence, Legislation, Political
Tagged 2022, background checks, firearms
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Rep. Claudia Tenney on firearm violence
There is something so deeply hypocritical about praying for a problem you refuse to resolve. — Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture May 24 “We are absolutely devastated … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, firearm violence, Miroslav Volf, Rep. Claudia Tenney
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New York’s Congressional Districts 2022
I am surprised at the new congressional districts defined by the court. I expected they would be more compact and competitive. The new districts are much the same as before, at least in upstate New York. NY-24 is anything but … Continue reading
Should Ukraine trade territory for peace?
How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing. –Neville Chamberlain Sept. 27, 1938 Reportedly, Henry … Continue reading
Abortion, Common Core, CRT, …
Abortion, Common Core, Critical Race Theory, and now ESG–Environmental, Social, Governmental–is the new war cry. Should business consider only profit, or are decisions which take social and environmental consequences into account now acceptable? When our children are prematurely pregnant, poorly … Continue reading
Rep. Tenney responds to mass murder with a fundraising message
Rep. Tenney responds to mass murder with a fundraising message. She writes: According to the president, the MAGA crowd is the most extreme group in history. More extreme than Nazis. Worse than the KKK, even! Those groups (MAGA, Nazis, KKK) … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Rep. Claudia Tenney
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Hard to believe
If something seems wrong, it likely is wrong. A guest columnist, writing in a local paper, complained about historian Heather Cox Richardson. He wrote “her blanket condemnation (of white American evangelicals) is dishonest partisan demagoguery.” Heather Cox Richardson is a … Continue reading
Leaked or Hacked
Fifty years ago news of Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press. News, not a draft or the written opinion. A clerk talked to a reporter without realizing that the story would appear hours before the decision was announced. … Continue reading
Leaks from the Supreme Court are rare.
Leaks from the Supreme Court are rare. Surprisingly, the 1972 Roe decision was leaked. The following quotes are from Woodward and Armstrong’s 1979 book: The Brethren. The day of the scheduled abortion decision the Chief sat in his chambers reading … Continue reading
The Rest of the Story
The Rest of the Story was a radio program hosted by Paul Harvey. Paul Harvey understood that the rest of the story is often vital to understanding the news. Journalists I. F. Stone and Molly Ivens also often reported the rest … Continue reading
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