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NRA's Alleged Dark Bargain With Trump Deserves Close Scrutiny Oct. 01, 2019
As the House began its impeachment inquiry last week, President Donald Trump met privately with the ... Read More
As Trump Fails to Lead on Pressing Issues, Big Business Is Stepping Up Sep. 25, 2019
President Donald Trump clearly has decided to satisfy the most petulant elements in his populist bas... Read More
Who Cares What the Government Thinks? Sep. 12, 2019
In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution ... Read More
If It Wants to Survive, the NRA Needs to Change Aug. 16, 2019
In the mid-1970s the NRA had to make a choice. As crime continued to spike across the nation, and po... Read More
Promising Signs Abound That the Gun Industry Is Losing Its Grip on Power Jun. 18, 2019
The gun industry, whose political power once seemed unassailable, shows new signs of coming unravele... Read More
Are NRA Leaders Enriching Themselves Off Members' Dues? Jun. 13, 2019
The National Rifle Association is correct about one phrase in its motto: "It's not just about guns."... Read More
The NRA Is Struggling with Legal and Fiscal Problems and Internal Turmoil. Good. May. 01, 2019
While the nation's preeminent gun-rights organization met last week amid internal turmoil, another m... Read More
NRA Is Right About Violence Against Women Act: The House Version of the Reauthorization Bill Includes New Gun Restrictions That Sweep Too Broadly Apr. 10, 2019
After the National Rifle Association urged legislators to oppose the reauthorization of the Violence... Read More
It's All About the Ad Hominems, Baby: Anti-Semitism Aside, Ilhan Omar's Comments About Israel Illustrate a Pernicious, Bipartisan Tendency to Attack Motives Instead of Arguments Mar. 13, 2019
Ilhan Omar says she did not realize her statements about Israel could be construed as anti-Semitic. ... Read More
Short Takes on Confusion, Clarity and Everything in Between Mar. 04, 2019
Punting the Issue Imagine our surprise when local St. Louis attorneys accused the National Football ... Read More
'Nobody Likes to See Us as Kids' Feb. 13, 2019
Most of us are more than one thing, but sometimes one thing happens that changes us forever. David H... Read More
In the Annals of Tone-Deafness, These MLK Observances Deserve Special Note Jan. 23, 2019
Monday's federal holiday should have been about honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ki... Read More
'This Is Our lane.' Doctors School the NRA on America's Gun-Violence Epidemic. Nov. 19, 2018
More than 30,000 Americans are killed by firearms annually, far more than in any other industrialize... Read More
Andrew Cuomo's Unconstitutional Assault on the NRA: N.Y.'s Governor Is Violating the First Amendment by Pressuring Banks and Insurers to Shun 'Gun Promotion Organizations' Nov. 07, 2018
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's methods may be obscure, but his assault on the First Amendment is anyth... Read More
Small-Town County Takes on the NRA Boycotters Apr. 17, 2018
BUTLER, Pa. — A Western Pennsylvania sheriff has issued an order within his department to not ... Read More
Where's the Common Sense in 'Common Sense' Gun Laws? Mar. 29, 2018
Americans, many quite young, attended anti-gun violence rallies across the country. Many protesters ... Read More
Students, Don't Let the Gun Lobby Wear You Down Mar. 22, 2018
Only three students were shot at an American school Tuesday. Two of them were hospitalized, and only... Read More
Trump's Tough Talk on Guns and NRA Gives Way to Political Reality Mar. 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — During a February White House discussion on school safety, President Donald Trump... Read More
What We're Seeing Are Student Walkouts to the Polls Mar. 14, 2018
At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, students across Ohio walked out of schools to pay tribute to the 17 people ... Read More
Middle America Must Lead on Guns Feb. 27, 2018
America desperately needed a new kind of citizen leader to force political change. She found it in t... Read More
