Tag Archives: violence

Baltimore proves need for ‘Broken Windows’ policing

Here’s hoping Mayor Bill de Blasio isn’t too busy playing political games and barnstorming the country to absorb the right lessons from the Baltimore riots. If he’s paying attention, he’ll learn a thing or two about policing and that the…

Social media analysis suggests links between Baltimore and Ferguson violence

Baltimore firefighters battle a three-alarm fire Monday, April 27, 2015, at a senior living facility under construction at Federal and Chester Streets in East Baltimore. (Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP) EXCLUSIVE – An analysis of social media traffic in…

Let’s not be so quick to believe gun-control rhetoric

In this Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 photo, a dealer arranges handguns in a display case in advance of a show at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds in Little Rock, Ark. Arkansas gun advocates in the Legislature are supporting bills that would…

Russia And Ukraine Are At War

Moscow won’t admit it, but Russia is at war with Ukraine. It’s hard to draw any other conclusion from reports that Russian regular forces have moved into eastern Ukraine and are attacking Ukrainian military units amid a flare-up of violence…

Michael Brown case: Media hype trumps appeal for calm in Ferguson

Ferguson, Mo., is sadly back in the news. The city and an eager media anticipate a grand jury decision in the possible indictment of Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of an African-American teenager. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declared a…

Gun shots: Nebraska school OKs firearms in senior yearbook photos

Rifle shooting is an important sport in Nebraska, as former University of Nebraska small-bore shooting star Katie Kostal demonstrates. (University of Nebraska) Seniors at a Nebraska high school with a tradition in rifle sports can pose with guns in their…

Amid gangland shootings, Chicago leaders call for federal resources

Jasmine Curry, a mother of five and five months pregnant, lay dead along Chicago’s Dan Ryan expressway Wednesday morning, the latest victim in Chicago’s epidemic of gunfire with a bullet to the head. It was uncommon that she was shot…