Kids and Guns

TV: Sex, Guns, and Frito-Lays

Michelle Howard | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Michelle Howard

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

Clear and Present Danger

Cheryl Saban | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living


Cheryl Saban

Why is an 8-year old child allowed into a gun show in the first place? Why is a little boy encouraged and allowed to test-shoot an Uzi sub-machine gun, or any gun for that matter?

Eternity Isn't Forever

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living


Marian Wright Edelman

As I think about the thousands of youthful victims of gun violence, I'm concerned that we're not hearing enough from the candidates for public office at all levels about what they will do to protect our children.

John McCain is America's Crazy Uncle

Pete Cenedella | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


Pete Cenedella

Most American families have a funny old uncle. Someone who is amusing and affable from a distance, but with whom you never ever talk politics, especia...

Back to School Stealing

Jessica Olien | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living


Jessica Olien

In elementary school, on the first day of every school year, my class was shown a video about being a "latchkey kid." Little Billy or Tony -- or whate...