Getting Fingers Off Triggers- July 28, 2007 In announcing his intention this week to seek a Supreme Court ruling upholding the District's strict gun laws, Mayor Adrian Fenty said, "The handgun ban has saved many lives and will continue to do so if it remains in effect." Can't argue with that. Gun control advocates tell us that a gun kept in the home is more likely to be used in an unintentional shooting or in an attempted or completed suicide than in self-defense. What's more, the combination of guns and domestic violence is lethal. So,..http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Abolitionists, Then and Now- July 21, 2007 Washington, D.C., is one of those places where the sweep of centuries can be compressed into a single day. Wednesday provided an example. Two events came together with a commonality easily overlooked in a city eternally restless for breaking news: the commemoration downtown of D.C. abolitionist Leonard A. Grimes and the unveiling of Sen. Barack Obama's urban policy agenda across town in Southeast.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Things We Don't Have to Know- July 14, 2007 Is it too late to draw a bright line in politics between the public's right to know and a candidate's right to privacy Let's hope there's still time -- though after reading last Saturday's front-page New York Times story concerning Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's faith and her political life, I'm wondering if maybe the clock has run out.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... Rights, Wrongs and the Real Task for D.C. Schools- July 7, 2007 Rarely will the names of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Clarence Thomas be mentioned in the same column. But this week's topic is education, and the three figure prominently in the debate over the role of public schools.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032401680_xml/~3/24... |