sandy hook

‘Not one more’ must come from each of us

By Ken / May 30, 2014 /

“In such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners.”  — Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present   The killing of six college students a week ago…

Read More

Newtown: Holding a parade facilitates healing

By Ken / September 1, 2013 /

In Newtown, Conn., the question was asked. Should the town hold its annual Labor Day parade this year? After the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, after the eulogies for 20 first-graders and six educators, amid the drumbeat of news stories across the country and hushed conversations around town, all adding up — still —…

Read More