Posts Tagged ‘gun control’

Cross Talk: Did Our President Overstep His Bounds?

In this column, we’ll discuss important current event topics with two Burnside writers who disagree on the issues. One leans left, the other right. Their faith is what helps them to meet in the middle. Usually. James: Emily, a short time ago, I told you I felt President Obama was overstepping his bounds...

January 31st, 2013 | Cross Talk | Read More

Political Persuasions and Guilt By Association

It’s hard to nail down that exact moment when it happened. I had always relished taking a side politically, whether it was as a card-carrying liberal in my early 20s or when I reached my late 20s and took a hard turn to the Right. In both my life as a staunch Democrat and later as a die-hard Republican,...

October 15th, 2012 | Blog, Democracy, Essays | Read More

Into the Cross Hairs

High profile shootings occur every year or so; Gabby Giffords, Treyvon Martin, Virginia Tech, and Columbine come to mind. The latest chapter was played out in Aurora, Colorado where a disturbed young man took his automatic rifle with a 100 round drum of bullets out on as many people as he could...

August 28th, 2012 | Essays, Social Justice | Read More