| Mar 21, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week marked the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In OtherWords, Brown University expert Stephanie Savell runs the numbers on the human and economic costs of that decision, and they’re simply stunning. Every American, she writes, has basically...
| Mar 14, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week, thousands of students are walking out of classrooms all over the country to advocate for stronger gun control measures. In case you missed it, we’ve covered this issue a lot lately: Mitchell Zimmerman says that putting armed guards in schools is no...
| Mar 7, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedWould armed guards in schools prevent mass shootings? This week in OtherWords, my colleague Karen Dolan surveys the evidence and concludes: unfortunately, no. In fact, she points out, there are thousands upon thousands of armed guards employed by public schools...
| Feb 28, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedThe “good guy with a gun” argument got another real world test during the Parkland, Florida school shooting — and it failed. An armed school deputy on the scene failed to engage the shooter, instead hiding outside with others escaping the violence. This...
| Feb 21, 2018 | Roundup|UncategorizedAnother week, another mass shooting, another gun control debate. With brave survivors from Florida pushing hard against politicians in thrall to the gun lobby, maybe this time will be different. But one familiar element is the inevitable discussion of mental illness....
