Tag: Gun control

  • Who is killing all the young black men of Madison?

    The inconvenient truth that dare not speak its name The Capital Times discovers another racial disparity and it is worse than Cops in Schools. “African-Americans increasingly targeted as gun homicides spike.” Given the headline’s passive voice, it is fair to ask who is doing this targeting? Who is killing all the young black men of Madison?…

  • Brave cops stepped up to the plate at Texas school shooting

    Puts crimp in Madison’s ‘Cops Out of Our Schools’ movement Police advocates last week presented each of 20 alders and Mayor Soglin with copies of Heather Mac Donald’s book, War on Cops. The gift is intended as a corrective to the Blame the Police movement that has taken city government hostage for the last three…

  • Thoughts and prayers and a little lead

    The indentured servants at the Stately Manor are abuzz over the father who walked into Shorewood Hills elementary school Thursday and handed out pieces of cardboard written with a single word, that word being “GUN!” Could it be that the young man was making a statement? Next time, let’s hope the staff at Shorewood Hills…

  • ‘Do Something’ about school shootings? Here is that Something:

    Signs do nothing but deter law-abiding citizens from defending themselves. Donald Trump, an undisciplined mind, once fatuously said he preferred heroes who had not been captured. The Squire, having been taught better manners by the Sisters of Notre Dame, prefers his heroes to remain alive. We’ll honor the dead ones, but we’d rather they survive,…