Tag Archives: assassination

Celebrating the National Day of Service, and the legacy of Martin Luther King, by brandishing assault rifles at the Capitol

By Mark | January 20, 2013

While thousands of good Americans turned out yesterday, at the President’s request, to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King by volunteering their time as part of our National Day of Service, devout gun lovers across the country decided to express their patriotic love for this country a bit differently. Instead of volunteering to help [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Michigan | Also tagged 2nd amendment, assault rifles, Bonnie Bucqueroux, CCW, concealed weapons, freedom hole, Gun Appreciation Day, gun control, gun rights, guns, Lansing, Lansing Online News, Martin Luther King Jr., National Day of Service, racism | 12 Comments

How should we talk with our young daughters about Malala Yousafzai?

By Mark | November 20, 2012

Tonight I have a question for those of you out there with young daughters… I’m wondering how, if at all, you’re talking with your daughters about Malala Yousafzai, the incredibly brave Pakistani 14 year old, who, several weeks ago, in response to her vocal activism on behalf of girls in her country, was shot in [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life | Also tagged Clementine, District Child Assembly Swat, Education, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize, Pakistan, school, sexism, Swat Valley, Taliban, teachable moments | 15 Comments

The subject of poverty finally makes its way into the presidential campaign

By Mark | September 15, 2012

As I’ve mentioned before, I was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the day before Robert Kennedy arrived there to begin his tour of Appalachia. I don’t know that it explains why, over the course of my life, I’ve been so drawn to Kennedy, but it’s an odd coincidence, I think, and I find it hard to [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Appalachia, Baptists, Bruce D. Meyer, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, Christian, Christianity, Conference of Catholic Bishops, entitlements, faith based initiative, homelessness, hunger, hunger in America, James X. Sullivan, Jesus, John Edwards, Kairos Prison Ministry International, Kentucky, Lexington, Martin Luther King, Matthew Yglesias, MLK, National Association of Evangelicals, Obama, poverty, poverty tour, Presidential politics, RFK, Robert Kennedy, Romney, social safety net, tax the rich, The Circle of Protection, wealth inequality, welfare | 12 Comments

Now that five more U.S. soldiers have been charged in the Georgia murders surrounding a plot to kill President Obama, can we finally concede that we have a domestic terrorism problem?

By Mark | September 11, 2012

In 2009, Daryl Johnson, a senior analyst in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, authored a report on the threat of right-wing extremists in the United States. Johnson, who had spent 15 years studying white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups within the United States, seemed to think that the circumstances were right, given the economic downturn, [...]

Posted in Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged Anthony Peden, anti-government, Christopher Salmon, Daryl Johnson, domestic terrorism, F.E.A.R., Forever Enduring Always Ready., Isaac Aguigui, Janet Napolitano, militia, Obama, Right Wing Resurgence: How a Domestic Terrorist Threat Is Being Ignored, right-wing extremism, Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment | 19 Comments

Breitbart assassinated… “what else could it be?”

By Mark | March 2, 2012

Within minutes of Senator Ted Kennedy’s death, conservative activist Andrew Breitbart took to Twitter, calling the distinguished public servant a “duplicitous bastard” and a “prick”. Now, in the wake of the glorified blogger’s unexpected passing, however, we’re being asked to remember Breitbart, the man best known for destroying ACORN, a grass-roots organization that offered aid [...]