Survived the 2012 Zombie Apocalypse

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‘Left, Right & Center’: Our Best Year Ever?

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2012 Was this the best year in human history? “Obviously not,” says Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer. He and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists debate the positives and negatives of 2012 both for Americans and humanity as a whole. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Look at Gun Deaths in America

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 28, 2012 "You know that line, 'guns don’t kill people, people kill people?' It’s true, so far as it goes," writes Ezra Klein on The Washington's Post Wonkblog. "But in the United States, when people decide to kill people, or kill themselves, they typically reach for a gun." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Romney the Reluctant Presidential Candidate, Another Kennedy Weighs Senate Run, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 24, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Newark, NJ, Mayor Cory Booker's personal connection with gun violence and the surprising information revealed by the FBI's internal records on the Occupy movement A look at the day's political happenings, including Newark, N, Mayor Cory Booker's personal connection with gun violence and surprising information revealed by the FBI's internal records on the Occupy movement . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Left, Right & Center:’ Guns and the Naked Fiscal Cliff

Staff / Truthdig Dec 22, 2012 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other panelists discuss the NRA’s call for armed security at schools, violent media’s relationship to gun violence and the push for new gun control legislation on this week’s "Left, Right & Center." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Conservative Writer Blames Sandy Hook Shooting on ‘Feminized Setting’

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 20, 2012 According to anti-feminist and backward-thinking author Charlotte Allen, the killing spree in Newtown, Conn., could have been avoided if only another man had been there and the setting hadn't been so "feminized." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is This the Most Inappropriate Reaction to Sandy Hook School Shooting?

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Oregon state Rep. Dennis Richardson sent an email the day of the Connecticut massacre explaining how most of the kids who were killed that day "would still be alive" if he had been a principal or a teacher at the school. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feinstein to Introduce Gun Legislation, Boehner Proposes Tax Hike, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including an update on Hillary Clinton's health scare, why a pizza chain founder is suing the Obama administration and what Stephen Colbert is doing with the rest of his super PAC money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

GOP Lawmaker’s Solution to Preventing Mass Shootings: More Guns

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 Some Democrats have publicly advocated for tighter gun control laws in the aftermath of Friday’s shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and eight adults dead. But according to Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, the way to prevent such massacres from happening is to have more Americans carry firearms. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Future of Gun Control in the Aftermath of Sandy Hook

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 16, 2012 As a result of a grotesque confluence of cultural iconography celebrating the virtues of an armed citizenry, political cowardice in the face of pro-gun lobbies like the NRA, and a judiciary that has redefined the meaning of the Second Amendment, we have become a nation bereft of effective gun control, reduced to waiting for the next firearm fueled massacre.The question arises with renewed urgency: When and how will the madness stop? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )