6Jun 24, 2016
Meet Aaron, Jess and Abbie, my new babies. The orphaned litter-mates are pictured here at around six weeks, looking very nervous, even scared, about their future. I’ve got a dozen pictures of them since, looking very happy after taking full possession of my house and completely obliterating my schedule. I just haven’t figured out how to […]
7Jun 20, 2016
Yes, the NRA said something sensible today, though not enough to fill me with hope. When a politician I prefer not to name said that the solution to the Orlando tragedy was to arm the nightclub crowd so the bullets would be flying in both directions, the organization countered with NO WAY. NRA lobbyist Chris […]
8Jun 16, 2016
Omar Mateen killed the majority of the victims at the Orlando Pulse using a semi-automatic that lets one man spray an entire room with deadly projectiles. It was a weapon that he would not have been able to purchase legally if the assault weapons ban hadn’t expired in 2004. And the ban would not have […]
9Jun 11, 2016
If I had to come up with a single main theme of my novel, In the Midst of Death . . ., it would be a piece out of my personal credo: Develop a sense of selective amnesia. Never forget the mistakes of the past because you don’t want to repeat them, but do let […]