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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Versus Lack of Duty: Bad Mom 1

Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.11.2009 | Denver


Anne Z. Boxer

Don't know about the rest of you with teenage boys but the entire purpose of Veterans' Day Eve was procuring Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Even here in Boulder getting this game was no easy feat.

Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? By Columbine's Dave Cullen

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home


My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

Monroe-Woodbury High School Plot: Charges Expected In Planned Columbine Anniversary School Attack In Upstate New York

AP | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York


MONROE, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy accused of stockpiling gasoline, propane and a machete for a planned school attack on the anniversary of the Co...

Susan Klebold's Oprah Magazine Essay: Columbine Parents React

CBS4Denver | CBS 4 Denver | Posted 10.13.2009 | Home


The new edition of Oprah's O magazine, which comes out Tuesday, includes the first public comment from the mother of one of the Columbine killers. ...

Susan Klebold: Columbine Killer's Mom Writes Essay For Oprah's O Magazine; "No Inkling" Son Was Suicidal

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 10.10.2009 | Media


DENVER — In the first detailed public remarks by any parent of the two Columbine killers, Dylan Klebold's mother says she had no idea her son wa...

Shooting Deaths of Children Rose for Second Straight Year

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Marian Wright Edelman

The United States is one of the few industrialized countries without common-sense controls on gun sales. We regulate toy guns but not the real ones that kill tens of thousands every year.

Mindless Stars and the Glamour of the Gun

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment


Tom Gregory

Across the pages of leading fashion magazines mindless stars with thin careers are being showcased wearing Future Heretics t-shirts glamorizing guns.

Alvaro Castillo, Man Obsessed With Columbine, Convicted Of Murder

cnn.com | Beth Karas CNN/ in Session | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home


HILLSBOROUGH, North Carolina (CNN) -- A man who was obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre was found guilty of murder Friday and sentenced t...

Why Do We Hate Good-Byes?

Robert Fuller | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living


Robert Fuller

Our distaste for good-byes is a reminder of our unfathomable mutual dependence. An individual self cannot come into being, let alone endure, absent the recognition of others.

Blue Dogs, Birthers and Bullet Fetishes

Cliff Schecter | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


Cliff Schecter

Last week the Thune Amendment was thankfully defeated. This inane legislation only had a chance of passing due to the extremism of the NRA/Birther crowd and the cowardice of the Blue Dog Democrats.

Gun Vote Backlash: CO Senators Under Attack For Votes On Controversial Measure

The Colorado Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 08.29.2009 | Denver


WASHINGTON -- It's no D.C. secret that lawmakers voting against the the nation's powerful gun lobby will likely suffer the National Rifle Associatio...

Consequences of Hate

Murray Fromson | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


Murray Fromson

Von Brunn was under federal observation for years. That should have prevented a felon like him from ever purchasing a deadly weapon again. But it didn't and the question is why not?

P.J. O'Rourke: Gun Control Futile

Blaise Zerega | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


Blaise Zerega

P.J. O'Rourke concludes that gun control is futile: "You simply can't change the nature of America as far as gun control goes. It's the nature of the beast."

Gun Violence Prevention And Obama's First 100 Days: Incomplete

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Over the last 100 days, the nation has suffered a string of mass shootings taking the lives of 57 people in less than a month. The president's direct response to this gun violence has been minimal.

A Suggestion for Obama: RE: Jets Flying Past NYC Buildings

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.29.2009 | Comedy


Jacob Dickerman

Okay, Barack. That wasn't you. Okay. I'll accept that, because I like you. I'll go along with this not being on your head thing. But here's a little thought you might want to pass along to your staff.

Looking Back at Oklahoma City and Columbine

Al Eisele | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Al Eisele

The Columbine shootings, carried out by two self-hating psychopathic students, are expertly chronicled in two new books by Colorado journalists.

Columbine Lessons: How we Lift up Young American Lives

Peter Samuelson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living


Peter Samuelson

The day after the shooting, we met at the Middle School to talk about what happened at Columbine.The violent, delinquent, impoverished, and self-admitted hopeless and helpless students began to show up every day ready to work.

Oprah Cancels Columbine Anniversary Show

AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media


CHICAGO — Oprah Winfrey decided Monday to pull an already-taped episode of her talk show that was to mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine ...

10 Years After Columbine, Elected Officials Doing Nothing Is Not Working

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

If terrorists or pirates or even pistachios had killed even a fraction of that number of Americans that guns did last month, news coverage would be wall-to-wall.

A Disturbing New Book About The Columbine Massacre Asks: Do You Know Who Your Children Are?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living


Jesse Kornbluth

Don't call Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold "tormented" or "misunderstood." Because they weren't. They gave away lots of clues. And they totally bamboozled their parents.

Shoot First: How Columbine Tragedy Radically Transformed Police Tactics

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.20.2009 | Home


GOLDEN, Colo. — The first officers on the scene had never trained for what they found at Columbine High School: No hostages. No demands. Just ki...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.19.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

Why has the idea of sensible gun control legislation become so politically radioactive? Not even a recent run of deadly gun rampages (including the shooting deaths of four police officers in Oakland, the gunning down of three policemen in Pittsburgh, and the massacre of 13 people in Binghamton, New York), the second anniversary of Virginia Tech (the worst mass shooting in U.S. history), and the president of Mexico all but pleading for Barack Obama to do something about the tidal wave of bought-in-America assault weapons wreaking bloody havoc on his country have been able to create the political will to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of Columbine; what better moment for the president to forget how difficult it would be to take on the NRA, and remember his campaign promise to push for a ban on these killing machines?

Growing Up In the Shadow of Columbine

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Erin Bilir grew up in Littleton, Colorado and remembers the day of the shootings and how it changed everything for kids in that town.

Columbine Questions We Still Don't Ponder

David Sirota | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

Coming up on the 10-year anniversary of the Columbine massacre, we still don't realize that random violence is a product of many deeper factors than access to weapons and Xboxes.

Columbine 10 Year Anniversary: What Really Happened

usatoday.com | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


They weren't goths or loners. The two teenagers who killed 13 people and themselves at suburban Denver's Columbine High School 10 years ago next we...