In the wake of one of the largest mass murders in United States history, the search for meaningful conversation about the nation’s gun culture continues. Conspicuous by their absence from the debate is the National Rifle Association: The group hasn’t posted a thing on Twitter and took their Facebook page down shortly after the shootings […]
To me the problem with coming together for a meaningful national dialogue regarding guns and violence is really pretty simple. On the one hand we have a segment of the population who want to discuss meaningful change in hopes of preventing further deaths (at least on such as grand scale). On the other hand, we […]
By William Boardman [email protected] Judging by their behavior, Vermont’s highest elected officials don’t much care if a thousand or more Vermonters lose their homes to the world’s most expensive weapons system. That level of residential destruction is what the U.S. Air Force anticipates in its own environmental impact statement: basing the F-35 nuclear capable fighter-bomber […]
The U.S. has experienced sixty-two mass shootings in the last 30 years at the average rate of two per year since 1982. However, twenty-five of those shootings occurred in the last six years and seven mass shootings in 2012 alone. The problem is escalating and there are clear reasons why and an objective understanding of those reasons will […]
UPDATED May 25, 2014 to add the five states with a broadly worded refusal policy. Six states currently permit pharmacists to refuse a woman prescribed contraception based on personal religious beliefs and an additional five states have a broadly worded refusal policy may apply to pharmacists or pharmacies, but does not specifically include them. This includes […]