Blow: America Could Have Been Gun-Free, But Chose Not To

When I went away to college, my mother gave me a pistol, “just in case.” (Luckily, no such case presented itself.) When I moved north, first to Detroit and then to New York, I moved into a mental space of more stringent gun control. In general, people weren’t hunting. There was law enforcement everywhere, reachable … Read more

Quote of the Day: How a President ‘Raises an Army’

“How do you raise an army? You do that by dividing America into tribes and, as ‘president,’ aligning yourself with the most extreme tribe, all the while promoting militarization among people who support you. You do it by worshiping military figures and talking in militaristic terms. You reverse Barack Obama’s executive order on gun control.” – Charles Blow … Read more