Gun violence is a social disease

So says public health experts, according to this USA Today story.

And here’s a bit more on gun violence in an NPR story that says there’s no simple answer.

And thanks, DickG., for the links.

Listen to this, and try not to slap your computer.

Bishop Explains Vatican’s Criticism of U.S. Nuns, on Terry Gross’s “Fresh Air,” on NPR. Guess this particular Christian Quality Control Board needs a run through of the Overboard.

And thanks, DickG., for the link.

The Republicans’ war on sanity

Republican lawmakers are targeting NPR,  Planned Parenthood, and AmeriCorps. NPR and Planned Parenthood have long been popular targets for the Party of Lincoln (can’t have an informed populace, and you dare not let women take their health into their own hands) but AmeriCorps?

And on Friday, they’ll kill Santa. You heard it here first.

Cretins.