MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/opinion/12wed2.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Not Just For Lawmakers

“How about going a step further and prohibiting the carrying of a semiautomatic weapon around 9-year-old girls? Or 79-year-old women? Or any of the other victims who were shot down in the Tucson parking lot on Saturday?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/opinion/12wed1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

The Verdict on the Spill

“The most important new message contained in the final report of the presidential commission investigating the gulf oil spill is aimed squarely at Congress: If lawmakers hope to win popular support for ramped-up oil drilling in America’s coastal waters then they must make sure that every possible precaution is taken to reduce the chances of another catastrophe like the spill. The question is whether the newly constituted Congress is in a mood to listen.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/before-hatred-comes-fear/?pagemode=print

First Comes Fear, by Robert Wright

“I doesn’t matter who Loughner got the idea from or whether you consider it left wing or right wing. The point is that Americans who wildly depict other Americans as dark conspirators, as the enemy, are in fact increasing the chances, however marginally, that those Americans will be attacked.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/12/opinion/12freeman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

When Congress Was Armed and Dangerous, by Joanne B. Freeman

“In the 19th century, violence was once an accepted part of politics.”