Author: Steven D

Our Gun Violence Problem(s)

A lot of people in the wake of the Newtown massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School have proposed various and often contradictory solutions to preventing gun violence. On the extremes, some have called for the repeal of the...

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Israel Threatens Attack on Syria

Not sure why Israel’s Vice Premier went public with a threat that his country may attack Syria if Israel determines that the Assad government is about to lose control over the chemical weapons in Syria’s arsenal. But...

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Another Right-Wing Terrorist Caught

Well, a terrorist entrepreneur. This guy in Colorado, who built homemade IED’s (improvised explosive devices) apparently was in it for the cocaine as well as the ideology: A Colorado man, who said that he was an ex-Marine...

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The Weapon That Saved My Life

This is a true story, or as true as I can tell it, based on my memories from over thirty years ago, and from what I was told by various individuals, regarding the no good, very bad beating I took at the hands of some very bad...

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Life or Death

WARNING: Really long Blog Post! This a meditation, if you will. A few ideas offered for your consideration, regarding what I believe to be most essential in these turbulent times. My meditation bears on the meaning of life and...

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