Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. September 30, 2009. You can chalk pretty much anything up to "cultural factors" -- as long as you're a complete idiot.
Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. April 6, 2009. How many shootings does there have to be in the news before we wonder about the wisdom of allowing just about anyone to get a gun in America?
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. February 26, 2009. Senate approves a bill that will give Washington, D.C., a vote in the House, and the Pentagon lifts the media ban on coffin photos.
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. December 31, 2008. The suit charges that the Interior Department violated several federal laws in its rush to implement the rule before President Bush leaves office.
Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. December 4, 2008. Among the big losers in November were the NRA and the myth of the once-feared "NRA Voter." Reform of our gun laws is on the way.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet: PEEK. November 9, 2008. According to Reuters, the Democratic victory on Tuesday is boosting gun sales in parts of the country that are fearful of new gun control laws.
David Neiwert, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 7, 2008. Heaven help us if we become as paranoid as they are. And the funny thing is, they keep proving that we ought to be.
Tim O'Driscoll, AlterNet. June 4, 2008. The Second Amendment: Twenty-seven ill-chosen words, three badly-placed commas, one unrivaled legislative botch-up.
Daniel Lazare, The Nation. April 22, 2008. When it comes to the Second Amendment, Americans are largely at the mercy of 18th-century attitudes they don't know how to escape.
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. March 19, 2008. There’s an old axiom which posits that the number of guns a man owns is inversely proportional to his shortcomings in, eh, other areas.
Rhonda Brownstein, Southern Poverty Law Center. March 13, 2008. The Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller may be the most important decision on gun control in U.S. history.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. February 22, 2008. As the Democratic party becomes increasingly pro-gun, not even campus bloodshed grabs the candidates' attention.
DnA, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. February 18, 2008. Both the Illinois and Virginia Tech killers bought equipment used in their shootings from companies owned by the same online dealer.
Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. October 22, 2007. The Log Cabin Republicans run a daring ad in Iowa, pointing out Mitt Romney's backtracking on abortion rights and gun control.
Isaac-Davy Aronson, Comment Is Free. August 17, 2007. Florida's crazy "stand your ground" gun law is part of an ideology of preemptive action against any perceived enemy spreading from the White House on down.
Drew Westen, The American Prospect. June 25, 2007. When it comes to gun control, Democrats fall silent. As with many hot-button social issues, they can't figure out how to reach people's emotions. Here's how they can regain their moral compass -- and their power of speech.
Joan Conde, AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2007. Rosie was right: significant gun control is impossible...but I got to thinking, what if the wing nuts win? Will we arm college students? And what about the children?
