Does America love guns more than it loves its children?

November 6, 2025
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Does America love guns more than it loves its children? It sure appears so. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. America’s obsession with guns isn’t just embarrassing—it’s deadly. And the bodies piling up aren’t just adults in crime-ridden neighborhoods or people in the “wrong...
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Black humor

June 25, 2009
Ok, so referring to my Just Friends, post:Law enforcement officers see the dregs of our society. They handle the worst crimes, the worst criminals. They see shocking...
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Ridiculous

June 24, 2009
I hear a lot of ridiculous things on television. But this comment, yesterday, wins the prize for "ridiculous media comment."At least for this week.On HLN, entertainment...
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Just friends, best friends

June 24, 2009
You often hear the question, "Can men and women be 'just friends'? That's because there's an assumption that men and women inevitably have to relate through sex. The...
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June 23, 2009
Stick with me, this one's a little roundabout.I was fixing dinner for me and Riley tonight....I had a cut apple, some cheese, green tea and watermelon, Riley had some...
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The Silent Bark

June 23, 2009
Riley began barking at his chewbone."No bark!" I commanded.He barked again.I picked up the red bottle of Pet Corrector and showed it to him.He then showed me that he had...
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"Skeeve"

June 23, 2009
The word has entered our lexicon in a big way, and probably thanks to The Sopranos.We Sicilian-Americans know it as a slang term our parents/grandparents used to...
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Raison d’etre

June 23, 2009
Tikva’s monument was unveiled in San Francisco a few days ago. Tikva is the beautiful angel-daughter of my friend, G. The baby girl who was called to Heaven just two...
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Delusions, dissonance and rationalization

June 23, 2009
Well, ok. I have to admit. I tuned in to Jon & Kate to see how they would present their divorce.It was a trainwreck.At least to me.The both of them spent all their...
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A new definition of hell

June 22, 2009
Today’s service on jury duty has given me a new definition of hell: a personal injury lawsuit whose origin was a rear-ending accident. And I didn’t even sit on the...
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Juror #26

June 22, 2009
I am sitting outside a civil courtroom, waiting to see if I will be called for a jury panel.It's given me time to ponder our system of jurisprudence.So I thought I'd run...
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