Corporate Financed Terrorism Today I listen to yet another day of media coverage of yet another mass shooting. 13 dead. Around 300 people are shot every day in the U.S. by guns. For a crowd-sourced data site that lists the basic statistics for named gun deaths in the US starting with the Newtown massacre go […]
Why are Acts of Domestic Terrorism Ignored by National News?
As a person who is associated with progressive political groups and an information junkie intrigued with how we as a people create systems of meaning and belief, I sometimes notice patterns to which other people give little attention. As a progressive who lives in Arizona, I see patterns of extremism all around me, and have […]
Shawna Forde Found Guilty of the Murders of Brisenia Flores and Her Father
I don’t like to use the names of crazies who commit murder, but in this case I am choosing to use the name of one of three people charged with with a nine year old girl in southern Arizona. The little girl, Brisenia, was nine when Shawna Forde masterminded the home invasion robberies of drop […]
Murder of 9 Year Old Arizona Girl Goes to Trial
While there is much debate about using the names of crazies who commit mass murder, in this case I am choosing not to use the names of three people associated with the border militia movement who stand accused of killing a nine year old girl in Southern Arizona. The little girl who was gunned down […]
Trying to be Positive in Tucson
I’m serious about trying to be positive and build upon rather than to tear down. I’m taking tiny steps toward this end. Blogger and Tucson Massacre survivor yesterday called on all of us to something: The history is defined a little awkwardly right now, and I’m not sure any of us has it in […]
A soldier's dilemma and honorable action.
Justin Watts is an honorable man. A local Tucson man showed a strength of character that few possess and fewer still can maintain when confronted with horrific knowledge that if disclosed will permanently alter untold numbers of lives and indeed the course of a nation. Justin is the man who voiced his concern about what […]