Category Archives: Guns in the U.S. of A.

Booze and guns, perfect together

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s November 2023 Findings: Heavy drinking and handgun-carrying are positively correlated among rural American adolescents.

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What happened at our November elections? A few good surprises, a few not so good.

Posted on November 27, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Ohio voters legalized marijuana and established a right to abortion. An exonerated member of the Central Park Five won a city council seat in New York, and the mother of a Uvalde school shooting victim lost … Continue reading →

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Have you heard the tale of “Smackwater Jack”?

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Naomi

I play my old pop and folk CDs — carefully transferred from LPs — when I write. I’ve been weeding them out a little; some of those albums no longer seem top notch. I’ve been listening to some fairly boring … Continue reading →

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