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Omar Mateen’s story unravels (updated)

June 19, 2016 · by · in Don't know much about..., Firearms politics, History, Police and policing, Uncategorized · Leave a comment

A caveat here. My sympathy still lies with not only the victims of the Orlando massacre and their families, but my many LGBT friends who’ve (understandably) been taking this attack to heart. I had hoped that we would have some sort of closure in the days that followed news about the massacre. As usual, the mainstream […]

Orlando 2016 massacre

June 14, 2016 · by · in Firearms politics, healthcare, Police and policing · Leave a comment

It’s been over 48 hours now since a shooter named Omar Mateen walked into the Pulse (a gay bar in Orlando) while armed with an AR 15, explosives, and lots of ammunition. He had gone to the bar on ‘Latin Night’, a highlight of  the week leading up to Gay Pride week. The sequence of events […]

Don’t know much about a Cornucopia of Conspiracy Theories

April 25, 2013 · by · in Don't know much about..., History, Protests · 1 Comment

In my play HOW TO STOP THE EMPIRE WHILE KEEPING YOUR DAY JOB, the character known as Jerry takes on the issue of the people who deride him as a conspiracy theorist–and those who use the phrase ‘conspiracy theorist’ as a pejorative term: “People call me a conspiracy theorist for saying that Obama signed the […]