Gun-Toting Kakistocrats

My community is mostly rural, just a 30-minute drive from a big city, and in 2019 the town attempted to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary city. It’s not uncommon to see vehicles with AR-15 decals on the rear windows, bumper stickers that say “Come and Take It,” “2A,” “This Girl is Packing” or other symbols of proud gun ownership. I…

When Will it End?

We create most of our suffering… Dalai Lama Daily shootings are becoming the norm in the US, and it’s tragic, heartbreaking, and frightening. What’s most troubling to me is that all these deaths and the suffering of the families and survivors did not need to happen.  The school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 young children and two adults…