“So, let’s channel the cranky ghost of George Wallace as he justified his 1968 run for the presidency when he noted, “There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties.” What do we know about that in our day, in this election season?”
Tom H. Hastings
Published in: The Dekalb County Dispatch, Newberry Observer, Grassroots Press, Courier Journal
Date: July 22,23,25,2016
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“OK, I confess I fail to see the thrill or need associated with gun ownership and use, but we live in a free country—sort of—and I get why those who hunt need long guns. But I teach, write, and live trying to practice nonviolence…”
Tom H. Hastings
Published in: Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Nation of Change, La Progressive, Newberry Observer, The Star News, The Review, The Athens Messenger, The Dekalb County Dispatch, Chicago Activism
Date: June 6,8,10,21,2016
615 Words
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“I live in a town of suspenders. The police chief is the current best example. He was just suspended for shooting his buddy in the back and then lying about it…”
Tom H. Hastings
Published in: Gilmer Free Press, Counterpunch, Sierra County Prospect, Z Net
Date: May 30,31,June 10,26,2016
468 Words
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“That conservative forces have long sought to squash dissent and curtail rigorous academic debate on campuses is far from a secret. From the militarization of many campuses, academic repression of faculty, excessive and difficult…”
Laura Finley
Published in: Grassroots Press, La Progressive, Courier Post Online, Gilmer Free Press, Sierra County Prospect, Truthout, Z Net
Date: February 26,28,29,March 4,12,28,2016
520 Words
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“Another mass murder episode strikes us, this time in Oregon, my state. This time at a college. I teach at a university in Oregon and this gun problem is way past outrageous. Time to repeal the stupid Second Amendment and start fixing this.”
Author: Tom H. Hastings
Published in: Grassroots Press http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2015/10/01/repeal-it/
Counter Punch http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/02/another-mass-murder/
The Creole http://www.thecreole.com/?p=44939
South Coast Today http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20151004/OPINION/151009795/101096
Wilson County News http://www.wilsoncountynews.com/article.php?id=68415&n=commentaries-repeal
Quad City Times http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/time-to-repeal-the-second-amendment/article_3c6ffa4e-f6e0-5a62-9d82-0427e80cadd6.html
Courier Post Online http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/10/02/commentary-repeal-nd-amendment/73171128/
The Daily Star Journal http://www.dailystarjournal.com/opinion/article_5de69f66-5518-54f2-94e8-e4a1f6bd0dbc.html
Madison Press http://madison-press.com/opinion/3123/repeal-the-second-amendment
Muscatine Journal http://muscatinejournal.com/news/opinion/time-to-repeal-the-second-amendment/article_e1f12ac1-7f8f-502a-a84d-24c7c0656302.html
La Progressive https://www.laprogressive.com/repeal-second-amendment/
Gilmer Free Press http://www.gilmerfreepress.net/index.php/fpopin/repeal_it/
Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2015/10/05/lets-fix-this-10715/
Date: October 1,2,4,5,8,2015
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““… no real security, just powers of retaliation.”
This was Norman Mailer, four-plus decades ago, writing in “Miami and the Siege of Chicago” about the obsessive security measures – “helicopters riding overhead like roller coasters, state troopers with magnums on their hip and crash helmets, squad cars, motorcycles” – at the Democratic and Republican national conventions, which … uh, didn’t actually provide security, but sure allowed us to get even afterwards.”
Author: Robert C. Koehler
Published in: Common Wonders Blog http://commonwonders.com/world/armed-insecurity/
Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/armed-insecurity_b_7859664.html
IslamiCity http://www.islamicity.org/9065/armed-insecurity/
Lebenshaus Schwabische Alb http://www.lebenshaus-alb.de/magazin/009308.html
The Raven Foundation https://www.ravenfoundation.org/armed-insecurity/
Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/07/23/armed-insecurity-age-endless-war-and-mass-shootings
The Town Talk http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/opinion/2015/07/24/robert-koehler-armed-insecurity/30643747/
Truth Out http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/the-united-states-is-armed-and-dangerous-against-itself
The Peace Worker http://peaceworker.org/2015/08/heavily-armed-does-not-equal-being-secure/
Sierra County Prospect http://www.sierracountyprospect.org/2015/07/29/them-and-us-72915/
La Progressive https://www.laprogressive.com/armed-insecurity/
Gilmer Free Press http://www.gilmerfreepress.net/index.php/fpopin/armed_insecurity/
Newberry Observer http://newberryobserver.com/opinion/editorials/1179/being-armed-doesnt-mean-youre-secure
Lansing State Journal http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/opinion/2015/07/24/robert-koehler-armed-insecurity/30643747/
Date: July 22,23,24,26,29,August 3,4,2015
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