The debate over gun violence swirls in state houses and in Congress. Heated discussions surround: • Ensuring universal background checks and closing gun show loopholes; • Banning assault weapons; • Banning multi-magazine clips; • Giving federal authorities the ability to trace guns; and • Increasing the availability of mental health services. Citing the many American […]
After the Gun Show, Lessons from the Picket Line
I was a young Episcopal seminarian in the 1960s and in the spirit of Martin Luther King could often be found on picket lines marching in support of the social justice issues of the time. In the ensuing decades, while serving as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, U.S. commissioner of the Administration […]
When Will We Ever Learn
Last night I put together a “Grocery Store Stand” for my four-year old granddaughter. I had difficulty, not because I hadn’t been engaged in a similar activity for about 25 years, reading with weary eyes “Easy to Follow” directions written for MIT grads. No, I had a hard time because I would have tears in […]
The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff
“I’d rather be wanted for murder than not wanted at all,” a juvenile murderer said to me when I served as Commissioner of Youth Services in Massachusetts. This frightening statement throws into sharp relief the fundamental need shared by all of us, namely that we must be seen as important in someone’s eyes, claimed, “beloved.” Kids disconnected from […]
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