Monthly Archives: January 2013

Did the Wild West Have More Gun Control Than We Do Today? by Adam Winkler After a decision by the Supreme Court affirming the right of individuals to own guns, then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley sarcastically said, “Then why don’t we do … Continue reading →

“We have to be happy that a conversation is taking place. So many times when these shootings take place, for some reason there’s this push to take guns off the table, we can’t talk about the mechanism in which these … Continue reading →

by Ron Hutchcraft Download MP3 (right click to save) One of the temporary after-effects of my wife’s bout with hepatitis years ago was some memory loss. Now, I forget a lot of things and I don’t have an excuse. Well, for … Continue reading →

Over the past five years, I’ve spent more hours than I wish to counttalking to homeowners within the blast zone of the great housing meltdown of the late 2000s. I’m thinking about the ones who lost their homes to foreclosure, or offloaded them … Continue reading →

To members and friends of Historians Against the War, Here a couple of notes, plus links to recent articles of interest. 1. Information about the April 5-7 HAW conference on “The New Faces of War,” in Baltimore, is at www.historiansagainstwar.org/conf2013. The site contains a link … Continue reading →

This reminds me of one of the reasons I am in the Middle East.–Kas   By Ron Huchcraft   When our family got ready to leave for a trip, I usually had some pretty good help loading the car, because … Continue reading →

THE MAIN DISH The Surprising Connection Between Food and Fracking You might have heard that fracking waste can end up in food and water. But there’s another—and potentially even more troubling—way that fracking and food are connected. [READ MORE]

Korea: Public sector union president on indefinite hunger strike In partnership with the Korean Government Employees Union (KGEU), founded in 2002 and based on the reform of public offices and an end to corruption. The KGEU has 140,000 members throughout South … Continue reading →

Dear Kevin – We have two great pieces of news to share with you this week. First: Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) has just introduced two bills to amend the U.S. Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision: H.J.Res. 20 will … Continue reading →

What Gabby Said  | By ThinkProgress War Room An Emotional Call to Action on Gun Violence Former Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in the head two years ago this month in a shooting that also left six of her constituents dead, … Continue reading →