second amendment

The First Amendment Has Restrictions; Why Not the Second?

Photo by author. Art by Yasmin E. Rice, Syncottia, and Ebony Byrd. “And in the naked light I sawTen thousand people, maybe morePeople talking without speakingPeople hearing without listeningPeople writing songs that voices never sharedAnd no one daredDisturb the sound of silence”The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel This song became the one ofContinueContinue reading “The First Amendment Has Restrictions; Why Not the Second?”

What Do I Say To Her?

Talking to My Daughter About Mass Shootings and the Painful Reasons They Happen Author’s Note: I wrote this in 2019. In light of yet another school shooting, this time in Michigan, just one of the 138 incidents, 28 of which have resulted in fatalities, we’ve had in 2021, I thought it a good idea toContinueContinue reading “What Do I Say To Her?”