Guns | Beth Byrnes

The right to bare arms

Posted on October 9, 2015 43 Comments

Update on October 29: The police in Waco, Texas have just released extensive video footage of the shootout between two biker clubs last year that led to dozens of deaths, injuries and arrests. I suggest that those who advocate that every one of us bear arms take a good, long, hard look at that entire […]

The litter of the law

Posted on February 15, 2014 10 Comments

This may ramble a bit as I spin out and organize my thoughts, free-association style. So, please indulge me. It is interesting how events conflow to produce a series of thoughts or actions related to a particular topic. Earlier this week I posted about Judgment at Nuremberg (on the occasion of Oscar-winning star, Maximillian Schell’s […]

Neither ruthful nor …

Posted on January 30, 2014 14 Comments

… veracious. After we listened to Obama’s SOTU, I forced myself to sit through one of the multifarious opposing “responses”. Geoffrey walked the dog, unable to stomach what followed. It was no response at all, of course. Clearly they write this flummery without acknowledging what the President actually said, even though I am fairly sure […]

Time is running out

Posted on November 14, 2013 16 Comments

Is this the way our democracy is supposed to work? http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-republicans-rig-the-game-20131111 National Republicans have waged an unrelenting campaign to exploit every weakness and anachronism in our electoral system. Through a combination of hyperpartisan redistricting of the House, unprecedented obstructionism in the Senate and racist voter suppression in the states, today’s GOP has locked in political […]

Whose values?

Posted on October 14, 2013 29 Comments

This is Columbus Day. I just heard that there is a movement to change this holiday to Native American’s Day. Sounds like a good idea to me. That made me think about a couple of things going on right now. For one, one of our three parties is holding their annual “Values Voter Summit” this […]