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Monthly Archives: October 2015
“It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
This is the punchline of a pithy truism usually accredited to Mark Twain that started with “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you in trouble…” and then ended with this post’s title. I think this phrase (although probably … Continue reading
Why so many guns?
First, full disclosure: I do not own any guns. I think it originated with my grandfather (my father’s father). He actively hated guns. For a long time I thought it was because he loved birds; all things living for that … Continue reading
And yet another mass shooting
It seems like almost every week there’s another mass shooting. Most recently a guy shot and killed 9 people in an Oregon community college and wounded another 10 before being killed himself in a gun battle with police. The reason … Continue reading
The road not taken. (Robert Frost)
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Frost’s poem is arguably the most widely-recognized poem by a US poet; maybe even any poet, period. These … Continue reading
Do guns make you safer?
Continuing this discussion of the prevalence of guns in our society: there’s a meme that states that guns make you safer. The difference between the safety of an individual and the safety of society in general aside, a little noodling … Continue reading →