Month: January 2011

My fifteen year old daughter was crying last night. It was my fault. She was in the room with me when I watched the news about the attempted assassination of of Congresswoman Gifford by Jared Lee Laughner. She also heard that...

Walter Shapiro raises some good points. The acidic anger corroding our political system is premised on the belief that elected officials in Washington are arrogantly out of touch. But what will happen when representatives and...

I can see that this parenting thing is going to be a challenge. An important part of the movement is teaching children themselves how to play. The average 3-year-old can pick up an iPhone and expertly scroll through the menu of...

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, the Arizona county where Rep. Giffords was shot, spoke out at his press conference today about the consequences of the vitriolic hate speech which has dominated talk radio and numerous...

From Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ): “We’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list,” Ms. Giffords said last March. “But the thing is the way that she has it depicted has the cross hairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do...