Hero School Clerk In Atlanta School Shooting Scare: Applauding Antoinette Tuff
Let us all take a minute to applaud the breath-taking heroism of Antoinette Tuff. In case you haven’t heard, Tuff is the bookkeeper at an...
Jim Carrey Should be Applauded for Taking Stand Against Violence in His Own Movie, ‘Kick-Ass 2’
By NICK CHILES We’ve certainly torn into Hollywood on numerous occasions for the utter hypocrisy and irresponsibility of their violent imagery, particularly as our society...
In Tearful Speech, Michelle Obama Recognizes Her Own Life in Hadiya Pendleton’s
By NICK CHILES Sometimes it feels like the rest of us operate in a separate world than our lawmakers in Washington. I’ve been getting that...
Hadiya Pendleton: Chicago Gun Violence Takes Star Teen From Inauguration To the Mortuary
Her name was Hadiya Pendleton, and she was only 15 years old. The dimples in her cheeks, the sparkle in her eyes—each of these tell...
Beasts Of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhane Wallis Covers Entertainment Weekly, Plus Fresh Links
Beasts of the Southern Wild breakout star Quvenzhane Wallis, who, at nine, became the youngest ever to be nominated for a “Best Actress” Academy Award, brings...
If Newtown Shootings Showed Us Anything, It’s That Guns Kill People and It’s Time For Reform
There were news trucks outside my daughter’s elementary school on Friday. I’m guessing they wanted some local reaction to the shooting massacre of 26 people—including...
