How Many Bullets Do You Need?

Ruth Marcus / Truthdig Jan 12, 2011 "High Capacity Magazines When ten rounds isn't enough," the Internet site offers When, exactly, would that be? Enough for what? . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Tale of Two Sheriffs

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 12, 2011 The Tucson massacre that left six dead and 14 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, brought into sharp public focus the local sheriff, Clarence Dupnik. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Right Pushes Back About Rhetoric’s Role in Arizona Shooting

Staff / Truthdig Jan 12, 2011 Is it wrong to make connections between the charged political climate in the U.S., stoked by divisive rhetoric, and the deadly shooting last weekend in Arizona? Some right-leaning politicians and pundits are saying so. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Surely Some Revelation Is at Hand’

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 David Sirota calls this Steve Almond essay the best take he's seen on the Giffords shooting and it's hard to disagree. "What happens when a large and well-armed portion of our citizenry can no longer apologize?" Almond asks. "When humility becomes another form of humiliation? Their heroes exhort them: Never retreat. Reload." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fox Appears to Censor Vigil in Order to Protect Palin

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 We don't want to jump to conclusions, but -- oh what the hell. In this clip Fox News cuts to commercial the moment Sarah Palin's name comes up at an Arizona vigil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gun Crazy

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 We may not be sure that the bloodbath in Tucson had anything to do with politics, but we know it had everything to do with our nation's insane refusal to impose reasonable controls on guns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Barbara Walters: ‘Unfair’ to Blame Sarah Palin

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 You may recall that Sarah Palin placed cross hairs on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' district and tweeted "Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!" about 10 months before someone shot the congresswoman and 19 others. Well, Barbara Walters says "to blame Sarah Palin as some are doing, I think it's very unfair to her." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Heed the Prophetic Words of Whoopi Goldberg

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 Every now and then, the staged ladies' coffee klatch known as "The View" produces some useful commentary on Our Life and Times, and in this instance, taken from a show that aired last year, the discussion seems downright prescient . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Arizona Shooting, as Seen From Europe

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2011 The Christian Science Monitor took a brief survey Monday of the coverage of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting from across the Atlantic, browsing British, French, German and Dutch publications to see how the violence and its aftermath registered from their points of view. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gabrielle Giffords: Tragic Prophet

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jan 10, 2011 There is one commentator whose words should enlighten us on the meaning of Saturday's shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the savage murders that took the lives of, among others, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl. The person is Giffords herself.There is one commentator whose words should enlighten us on the meaning of Saturday's shooting -- Giffords herself. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Statement From Tea Party Express on Arizona Shooting

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2011 The following statement was released by one of the more prominent tea party groups in response to the Saturday shooting in Arizona that killed six people, including a federal judge, and injured 12 more, including a Democratic congresswoman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Were These Bizarre Videos Made by the Arizona Shooter? (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jan 9, 2011 CNN reports that Jared Lee Loughner has been taken into custody as the suspected shooter who killed six people in Tucson on Saturday. One of our readers pointed us to a YouTube account opened in October in that name. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )