MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/opinion/10mon1.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Bloodshed and Invective in Arizona

“[Jared Loughner’s] paranoid Internet ravings about government mind control place him well beyond usual ideological categories. But he is very much a part of a widespread squall of fear, anger and intolerance that has produced violent threats against scores of politicians and infected the political mainstream with violent imagery.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/opinion/10krugman.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

Climate of Hate, by Paul Krugman

“What is happening to America?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/opinion/10collins.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

A Right to Bear Glocks?, by Gail Collins

“Let’s not have a whole new kind of political violence.”

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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/tombstone-politics/?pagemode=print

Tombstone Politics, by Timothy Egan

“One discussion goes to the first two amendments of the Constitution — a clause that guarantees even crazy people the right to say horrible things, and another one that seems to give those same crazy people the right to own a lethal weapon. Neither amendment…killed a 9-year-old girl or put a bullet through the head of that bright soul, Gabrielle Giffords. But both amendments, when abused, can have lethal consequences.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/opinion/10douthat.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print

United in Horror, by Ross Douthat

“Why America is not Pakistan.”