Not so common common-sense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/opinion/bipartisan-hunting-buddies.html

Grammar of Happiness

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/books/a-new-book-and-film-about-rare-amazonian-language.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/full-episodes.do#grammar-of-happiness

http://www.youtube.com/show/thegrammarofhappiness

My daughter and I are hooked onto HarborMaster on the ipad. It teaches almost a Zen-like transcendence amidst a cacophony of multi-tasking demands. It is designed and executed very well, bonding to the touch user interface paradigm.

NRA can chant "law-abiding citizens" till the world ends but how about reflecting on the fact that the Aurora mass killer was a law-abiding citizen who got his weapons and ammunition legally? That Sandy Hook mass killer's mother was a law-abiding citizen who got hers similarly? The most dangerous are the lunatics who do not understand the question is where to draw the line not whether to draw a line. Right to bear arms all right, but what is arms? High grade mass killing machines? Tanks? Missiles? Nukes? Looking to the heavens for an electric jolt of sense and reality check.

Dr. V

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/in-india-leading-a-hospital-franchise-with-vision/

One month on, the sweet innocent smiles of little kids are as heart-searing as they were then. How can America go back and stay in the days of the wild west? How can it be that getting the driver license is so much hassle but an 18 year old can walk into a gun show and buy any assault weapon and load up on a huge stash of ammunition in the form of high capacity magazines that can be spewed out in the blink of an eye? How can America regulate six packs of Sudafed over the counter but say there can be no regulations on these industrial strength killing machines (and on regular guns for that matter)? How can America let the wild west movie turn into one about terrorism? Good morning America, let's wake up.

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I wonder if the founders ever considered a meteor hitting the United States or the oceans surrounding it? I wish to be armed to the teeth and ready with rocket launchers and all as I don't trust the tyrannical government to act in order to protect my family. Maybe a new constitutional amendment is called for?

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