Violence

Now and Forever the Deepest Cause

Gary Zukav | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blame, Violence, Spiritual Evolution, Gary Zukav, Authentic Power, Arizona Shooting, Real Cause, World News

Blaming right wing politicians and commentators for the Arizona massacre, even those that are righteously brutal, cruel, and inciting to violence, def...

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An Environmentalist's Review of True Grit

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rooster Cogburn, Review, Horse, Ambiguity, Violence, True Grit, Texas, Matt Damon, Film, Coen Brothers, Outdoors, Movies, Actors, Dvd, Adolescence, Jeff Bridges, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Hailee Steinfeld, Nature, Alcohol, Environment, Camping, Revenge, Avital Binshtock, Plot, Mattie Ross, Laboeuf, Green News

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains plot revelations; don't read past the second paragraph if you don't want to know how the story ends.]We can be fa...

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Can Words Be Violent? What Would Jesus And Buddha Say?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, The Power of Words, Gandhi, Jesus, Tucson Massacre, Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Hate Speech, Buddha, Tragedy in Tucson, Arizona Shooting, Buddhism, Violent Rhetoric, Politcal Rhetoric, Violent Speech, Eight-Fold Path, Rush Limbaugh, Religion News

One of Buddha's Eight Noble Truths is the concept of Right Speech, the first principle of ethical conduct.

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The Tragedy: A Teachable Moment For Soul-Searching

Jill Lynne | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Violence, Tragedy, Shootings, Hope, Tuscon Shooting, Healthy Living News

As President Obama wisely reminded at us in the conclusion of his speech at the Arkansas Memorial this evening, "What matters is how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in making the lives around us better."

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When Can We Have a Conversation About Gun Safety in Safety?

Kaile Shilling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Violence Prevention, Violence Prevention, Tucson Shooting, Tucson, Violence, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Guns, Los Angeles News

While the effects of an individual's mental state are impossible to predict, the effects of loose gun laws are not.

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Healing the Wounds: Transforming Our Culture of Violence

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona Shooting, Conflict, Tucson Shooting, War, Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Healing, Arizona, Banality of Evil, Guns, Structural Violence, Politics News

Despite the accumulated cultural baggage, we can and must heal the wounds of the violence in our midst -- not by burying it or displacing it, but by owning it and learning to live with it.

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Standing up to Gun Violence

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Jared Lee Loughner, Charles Rangel, Tucson Shooting, Tucson, Violence, Gun Control, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Charlie Rangel, Jared Loughner, Guns, Arizona Shooting, Politics News

My constituents have a special understanding of this tragedy because of the amount of gun violence that has been in my district. Far too many people have attended funerals of loved ones who have fallen victim to unnecessary shootings.

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Weekly Pulse: Giffords Shooting Reveals Flaws in U.S. Mental Health Services

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adele Stan, State, Violence, Repeal, Rate, change.org, Arizona, Medical Loss Ratio, Dc, Lawsuit, California, Alternet, Insurance, Guttmacher Institute, Legislature, Autism, Disability, Health Care, Abortion, Mmr, Conflict of Interest, Blue Shield, Shooting, Brie Cadman, Chamber of Commerce, Rachel Gold, Care2, Choice, Kristina Chew, Vote, Suzi Khimm, Health Insurance, Andrew Wakefield, Gabrielle Giffords, Mental Illness, Elizabeth Nash, Rhetoric, Home News

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot in the head at a constituent outreach event in a supermarket...

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Preventing Senseless Violence

Larry_Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Community Prevention, Unity, Violence Prevention, Prevention Institute, Tucson, Impact News

If nothing else, this tragedy should and must mark a time of change. We already know what to do to make our communities safer -- now we need to do it.

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Giffords Tragedy: What's the Message to Young Women Considering Public Service?

Gloria Feldt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Debate, Citizen Involvement, Violence, Women in Politics, Tucson Tragedy, Gabrielle Giffords, Democracy, Jared Loughner, Guns, Civility, Arizona Politics, Healthy Living News

The natural tendency is to back away from public service after such a frightening episode. But the best way to honor the sacrifices of public servants is to create a culture that lifts up leaders who won't be deterred by anti-government ranting.

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Reflection, Revulsion, Liberation, and War

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Public Policy, Tea Party, Social Crisis, Self-Delusion, Violence, Civil Society, Domestic Terrorism, War on Terror, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The pathology behind the Tucson shooting is deeply rooted in contemporary American society. And the obvious signs are manifestations of a culture not only desensitized to violence, but worshiping of it.

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'Is It Safe Yet?' How To Talk To Your Children About The Arizona Shootings

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Killing, Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Jared Loughner, Gabrielle Giffords Shot, Violence on News, Parenting, Violence in Media, Talking to Children About Violence, Healthy Living News

Young children look to their parents for safety and pick up whether it's safe, not just from what their parents say, but from their tone of voice and from what they do.

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Season of the Witch

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Nic Cage's latest film has been roundly burned at the stake by most critics. But is this film truly deserving of such condemnation?

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Video Of A Foreign Correspondent's Decade By The Director Of 'Restrepo'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Warfare, Tim Hetherington Diary, Tim Hetherington, Afghan War, Vanity Fair, Diary, New York, War Reporting, Afghanistan War, Video, World News

It's a rare filmmaker who could juxtapose festive fireworks with brutal gunfire and transition from the inside of a New York coffee shop to a huddle o...

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Denouncing Violent Rhetoric, the Sheriff Gets it Right

Michael B. Keegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rush Limbaugh, Clarence Dupnik, Jared Lee Loughner, Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Politics News

Nobody but Loughner can be blamed for Saturday's violence. But that does not absolve any of us from the duty to consider the impact of our words and to approach political discourse with honesty and responsibility.

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Welcome to Guntopia!

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Columbine, Murder, Michael Moore, Violence, Gun Control, Gabrielle Giffords, United States, Constitution, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Guns, Canada, Second Amendment, Politics News

Welcome to Guntopia! So glad you decided to visit. Guntopia is a wonderful place for those who understand the need to own handguns, hunting rifles, ...

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"Please Don't Be Mad at Me"

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, John McCain, Schizophrenia, Violence, Tucson, Gabrielle Giffords, Bullets, Arizona, Jared Loughner, Tea Party, Guns, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, m16, Politics News

Political leaders, including those aspiring to leadership, should put an end to the overheated rhetoric that leaves little doubt about intent, namely to "eliminate" the competition.

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Arizona Is America

Kevin Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Arizona, Congresswoman Giffords, Tea Party, Politics, Political Violence, Gabrielle Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, African Americans, Politics News

I say this because Arizona is not the problem. We the people are the problem. That is, we Americans who think it is cool to engage in rhetoric, poli...

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Why Are Americans So Angry? Arizona and Beyond

Carol Smaldino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pointing Fingers, President Obama, Conservatives, Liberals, Politics-of-Humiliation, Righteousness, Violence, Blame, Tuscon Tragedy, Humiliation, Politics News

Why we are in effect ignoring the widespread nature of the acts and attitudes of violence throughout our human climate in general?

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Arizona's Long Dark Night Continues

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Fear, Gabrielle Giffords, Immigration, Arizona Ethnic Studies, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Arizona Shooting, Politics News

Perhaps not since the full-on throes of the Civil Rights era has a single state been so beset by crisis, conflict, and now catastrophe.

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Mighty Movie Podcast Interviews: The Time that Remains and If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Violence, Justice, Repression, Emotion, The Time That Remains, Elia Suleiman, Activism, War, Court System, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Indie, Florin Serban, Success, Comedy, Social Drama, Satire, Off Beat, Racism, If I Want to Whistle I Whistle, Middle East, Gritty, Romania, Justice System, Art, Israel, Love, Entertainment News

How about a little international perspective? We've got interviews with two directors whose latest films deliver gripping, cinematically daring glimpses into worlds rarely examined from our side.

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When divorce, custody issues and domestic abuse collide

Rob Hahn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Abuse, Mike, Rob, Domestic, Child, Violence, Reform, Custody, Family, Hahh, Haywood, Divorce News

Mike Haywood seemed to be in an ideal situation.

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Shoulder to Shoulder, Ending the Violence

Sharon Stapel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT Politics, Lgbt, LGBT Issues, Gay Rights, Lgbtq, LGBT Rights, Violence, Gay, New York City, Gay Issues, New York News

2010 brought what was reported as a "spike" in bias incidents against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV/AIDS-affected people in New York City. We must come together to combat this hate.

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Cinefantastique Post-Mortem: Yogi Bear; Original Tron; and Best Laid Plans

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Action-Adventure, Justice, Murder, Horror, Sex, Tron, Drama, Yogi Bear, Death, Indie, Success, Comedy, Documentary, Social Drama, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Science Fiction, Animation, Onibaba, Entertainment News

In the place of a Cinefantastique Podcast in which we discuss our top ten lists for 2010, we give you a Cinefantastique Post-Mortem in which we discuss doing a show in which we discuss our top ten lists for 2010.

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To Vote or Not to Vote

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Fragile States, Lahdar Brahimi, Vote, Voting, Elections, World Bank, WDR 2011, Election Violence, Haiti, Cote D'Ivoire, Election Fraud, World News

The wisdom of elections in fragile places is questioned by those who fear they will exacerbate tensions and provoke violence.

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