Gunmen kill one, wound six in Sunday shootings; Tea Party rhetoric must be calmed

A woman was shot and killed, and two sheriff’s deputies were wounded, outside a Port Orchard, Washington Wal-Mart yesterday. Four Detroit police officers were shot yesterday.  All are expected to survive, thank goodness. If nothing else is clear from these tragedies, this is:  we must work immediately to stop the incendiary right-wing political rhetoric that … Read more

OK, conservatives, maybe it wasn’t your rhetoric. Shut up anyway.

Representative Gabrielle Giffords continues to improve.  She blew past “miraculous” days ago.  Best wishes and prayers for continued progress, ma’am. In its relentless efforts to cast this tragedy as a logical consequence of conservative political rhetoric, a significant portion of the American Left has behaved deplorably.  These efforts are: Shamefully disrespectful to the memories of … Read more

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