by Thomas Mills | Mar 8, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control
Republicans want to see more guns in classrooms. If I had written that ten years ago, the GOP would have screamed that I was using scare tactics, just like they did when people warned that they would cut funding to public schools and universities. Today, per pupil...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 5, 2018 | 2018 elections, Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
Monday morning seems a great time to attract the scorn of my friends on the left, so here goes. The gun debate highlights the problems Democrats have winning policy debates and elections. Instead of focusing on the problems and the solutions, they’ve defined it as...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 23, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
We should applaud Florida Senator Marco Rubio. He showed up at a townhall meeting hosted by CNN, aired on national television, in front of an audience he had to know would be hostile to many of his positions. Some would say that he was only doing his job. In today’s...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 22, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
Political pundits and analysts have focused on the potential of a wave election this year. Donald Trump’s numbers are in the tank, the generic ballot favors Democrats, Republicans have few real accomplishments despite controlling the federal government and Democrats...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 21, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
The legislature is forming a new committee to consider how to keep our schools more safe. Among the considerations is arming teachers. Speaker Tim Moore made sure to emphasize that no decisions have been made about what to do and that a lot of options are on the...
by Thomas Mills | Feb 19, 2018 | Abortion, Editor's Blog, Gun Control |
In watching the division that plagues so much of our politics, it seems each side has had some victories, meaning each side has had some losses. The liberals have generally won the culture wars over reproductive health and sexual orientation and identity....