PostScript: Krauthammer, commenters and somebody’s rights
It’s still gun times here at the PostScript bunker, despite volatile developments in the Fiscal Sinkhole shambles last night. Not volatility in terms of anything actually changing, but the nothing that...
View ArticlePostScript: Allen and America’s guns
The great Henry Allen visits the Post Opinions page today and the subject we’ve been wrestling with for almost two weeks: what to do about guns. Allen says guns are an emotional symbol in America, of...
View ArticleThe NRA’s party stories
Here’s a fascinating story about how contemporary political parties work, told by the New York Times’s Linda Greenhouse about the NRA and judicial nominations. When Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the...
View ArticleFrom Trayvon to Newtown
Aside from the historic presidential race, the thing I will remember most about 2012 is how it was book-ended by tragedies that shocked the nation. In February, Trayvon Martin was making his way back...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi won’t ‘duck’ gun violence
For an hour this afternoon over sandwiches and salads, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi held forth in her U.S. Capitol conference room with a bunch of opinion writers on the issues of the day. These...
View ArticlePushing forward on gun violence prevention
What’s maddening about a major societal change is that it requires a series of big events to bring about the incremental change to advance a particular cause. We’re seeing that now with the current...
View ArticleThree strikes for the NRA
Strike one for the National Rifle Association occurred one week after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Wayne LaPierre, the gun rights organization’s chief executive officer and executive...
View ArticleHow gun control is another front in the far right’s war on science
In 1996, a Republican congressman from Arkansas named Jay Dickey pushed through an amendment stripping $2.6 million out of the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His measure was...
View ArticleNonsense from Gun Owners of America
“This will be difficult,” President Obama said today in announcing the 23 executive actions and four legislative proposals to curb gun violence. And if you want to know why getting meaningful measures...
View ArticleAlways leave the president’s kids alone
Readers of opinionated columnists have every right to question whether a given commentator adheres to a single standard, or instead applies one standard to politicians he agrees with and a different...
View ArticleThe Insiders: Gun politics won’t produce new laws
At some superficial level, especially given the high levels of emotion surrounding the Sandy Hook shootings, most Americans support the notion of having more gun safety rather than less gun safety. I...
View ArticleThe Insiders: CPAC needs to stay on message with the economy
Here is my two cents’ worth on CPAC. Since its relevance seems to be in question, I will say that the conference still matters. But keep in mind: This is an off year for everyone involved in the...
View ArticleAssault weapons ban gets the Hook
We saw this coming. Despite the slaughter of 20 innocents in Newtown, Conn., three months and six days ago, a proposed ban on assault weapons was stripped out of a gun violence bill in the Senate. But...
View ArticleThe Insiders: Ineffective approaches to 2014
Two new political initiatives have been launched in the past two months by high-profile personalities Karl Rove and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Both initiatives seek to impact the outcome of the...
View ArticleObama needs backup on guns
Dana Milbank, like so many of my other fellow pundits, is placing blame on President Obama for the “congressional inertia” that has stymied advancement of proposals to stem gun violence. What more...
View ArticleOn guns, Obama is doing all he can. Are you?
The Morning Joe/Marist poll confirms what I’ve suspected: There remains widespread support for sensible measures to curb gun violence. The survey also casts doubt on another poll that showed a dip in...
View ArticleThe Senate’s bill is just the beginning on gun control
This sentence scarcely seemed possible less than a year ago: On Thursday 68 senators voted to proceed to debate on major gun-control legislation. Hold (some of) your applause. The bill is just good —...
View ArticleObama and Giffords shame the Senate
The failure of the Senate to pass legislation to expand background checks for gun purchasers — and a host of other measures — has unleashed a primal scream against Washington and the Senate that won’t...
View ArticleThe Insiders: The president’s Sandy Hook exploitation fails
It was cruel of the president to involve the Sandy Hook families in a fight that was not their fight. For all the good they can do and all the deference and respect they deserve, it is a travesty that...
View ArticleWashington’s inability to keep pace
Every now and then there are glimmers of Washington’s inability to keep pace with the speed of social, economic and cultural change, and there was a good example yesterday. As the Sunday shows were...
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