There is a lot of fine writing out today by the country’s greatest stylists. David Von Drehle’s piece, which Joe alluded to below, is online now, here. David Remnick weighs in here. Of course, if you missed it, you should read the speech President Obama gave last night.
But one of the most stunning works of words to come from this …
Politico reports:
Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert says his office is drafting a measure to allow members of Congress to carry guns in the District of Columbia, including in the Capitol and on the House floor. Gohmert says he and his colleagues need to be able to protect themselves, in light of the mass shooting in Arizona.
Full story here.
Sarah Palin, once again, demonstrated her ability to rile both the left and right by uttering a few words from the last frontier. Now the ideological tribes will retreat to their clubhouses–Fox News, MSNBC, the political blogs–to stir themselves to outrage debating whether “blood libel,” a term historically reserved for a particularly …
It is possible that the latest violence will spark a resurgence in interest in stricter gun control measures. But the long range trends, despite the shootings at Columbine and Virginia Tech, is hard to mistake. The simple fact is that less and less Americans have been calling for more gun control, with little variation, since the early …
Sometimes, the silence says it all.
And so, in a city that runs on rhetoric and bombast, the only moments that really mattered Monday were the ones when no one said a thing. The President stood with his wife, their heads down before the South Lawn, flanked by hundreds of White House staff, from the senior aides in $170 ties to the …
Jared Lee Loughner’s mug shot.
