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By E.J. Dionne, Jr. — Public officials are very selective about when violence and death matter. Massacres and terrorist incidents cannot be ignored, but the day-to-day toll from gun violence is often swept aside. Politicians who tout themselves as advocates of law and order don’t want to be unmasked as caring even more about their ratings from gun lobbyists.
Posted on May 12, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Connecticut’s tough new gun laws and a recently created PAC looks to support candidates based on one nonpolitical trait.
Posted on Apr 4, 2013
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By Eugene Robinson — It’s hard for me to accept that the right to “keep and bear arms” extends to the kind of arsenal that Adam Lanza—and his mother, Nancy, whom he also killed—assembled and kept in their home.
Posted on Mar 29, 2013
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The actor, who is mostly known for comedic roles, took on a serious tone when he used Twitter to focus on the gun debate that has emerged in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings.
Posted on Feb 6, 2013
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The gun violence figures flooding the media in the wake of the Newtown massacre are startling, “but they do not tell us enough about the cult and spectacle of violence in American society. Nor do they make visible the myriad of forces that has produced a country drenched in bloodshed and violence,” Henry Giroux told C.J. Polychroniou in a Truthout interview.
Posted on Jan 22, 2013
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Jan 18, 2013
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In case you missed it, a smattering of conspiracy theories about last month’s shooting in Newtown, Conn., has been making the rounds on the Internet. One claims the massacre never happened, while another states it was a plot by the government and the media in order to take people’s guns away.
Posted on Jan 16, 2013
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Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Jan 16, 2013
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Jan 15, 2013
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By Derek Lazzaro — Recent mass shootings have rightly sparked a national debate about gun control. Unfortunately, like so many political debates, this one has been loud, divisive and lacking in substantive analysis or reasoned compromise.
Posted on Jan 14, 2013
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Jan 12, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on Jan 12, 2013
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Larry Wright, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Jan 10, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Gabrielle Giffords’ new PAC, Elizabeth Warren admonishing AIG and Nate Silver talking politics and data analysis on Reddit.
Posted on Jan 8, 2013
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Jan 8, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama’s reported pick for secretary of defense and why Joe Biden could be America’s next reality TV star (or not).
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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Signe Wilkinson —
Posted on Jan 4, 2013
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Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune —
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
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Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE —
Posted on Jan 1, 2013
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Dec 30, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on Dec 30, 2012
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Dec 30, 2012
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Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain —
Posted on Dec 30, 2012
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Many Dutch citizens are attempting to “de-baptize” themselves to protest Pope Benedict’s anti-gay marriage declarations; a national database of gun owners may have helped prevent the Newtown shooting; and although the media insist the president is giving in to the Republicans’ demands to make cuts to Social Security, Obama’s been trying to reduce it all along. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 28, 2012
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Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 27, 2012
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com —
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Dec 27, 2012
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Dec 26, 2012
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Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 26, 2012
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Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 26, 2012
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Bill Schorr, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Dec 25, 2012
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Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis —
Posted on Dec 25, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Dec 24, 2012
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Jeff Parker, Cagle Cartoons, Florida Today and the Fort Myers News-Press —
Posted on Dec 23, 2012
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Dec 23, 2012
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Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The Hill —
Posted on Dec 22, 2012
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Petar Pismestrovic, Cagle Cartoons, Kleine Zeitung, Austria —
Posted on Dec 22, 2012
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Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria —
Posted on Dec 22, 2012
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A writer suggests children be taught to “gang rush” shooters; studies show a slight shift in Americans’ attitudes toward gun toting; and it seems the lesson Israel has to offer on gun policy is education, not control. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
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Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City —
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Dec 21, 2012
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