In the immediate aftermath of last week’s mass shooting in Connecticut, in which 20 six- an seven-year-old kids were shot to death, a photo began circulating around the internet of what we were told was a school teacher in Israel, walking behind a group of children, with a rifle strapped across her back. There are […]
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Contrary to what you may have read online, teachers in Israel do not pack heat, and fewer guns in circulation means fewer gun deaths
Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2nd amendment, Adam Gopnik, arming teachers, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Australia, Canada, David Hemenway, Diane Feinstein, Elizabeth Warren, Fix Gun Checks Act, Freedom Group, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, guns, Israel, Janet Rosenbaum, mass murder, revolution, Sandy Hook, Scotland, teachers, teachers union, violence, we need a revolution 35 Comments
Laying in bed, hoping it’s not the West Nile virus
Linette and Clementine are at a kegger tonight at our friend Ruth’s dad’s house, and I’m home alone, sick. If you can believe it, I’m even shakier and sweatier than usual. I guess I’ve got a bug of some kind. Every time I stand up, I get a head rush, but, so far, I haven’t […]
Posted in Mark's Life Also tagged anxiety, film noir, Health, keggers I have missed, Netflix, OCD, panic attacks, shaky, sick, sweaty, West Nile Virus 18 Comments
The three Christs of Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti is famous for a few things. It’s where Domino’s Pizza was born. It’s where Iggy Pop grew up. It’s where the “Paul is dead” rumor got started. And, it’s where, in the 1950’s a psychologist by the name of Milton Rokeach made history by forcing three mental patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital, each […]
Posted in Health, Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged delusions, Madame Yeti Woman, Marc Kawecki, Milgram experiment, Milton Rokeach, psychology, Three Christs of Ypsilanti, unethical, yetis, Ypsilanti State Hospital 15 Comments