Mass murder in America weighs heavily on my mind, as I am sure it does yours as well. It seems as if life has become very cheap these days, and that taking a gun to the streets, or the movie theater, or the school, or the nightclub, has become almost normative. As a domestic relations […]
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ARE YOU LIVING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?
Are you certain the answer is “No?” A recent article in HuffPo by Fred Silberberg entitled Is That Domestic Violence caught my eye. Silberberg posits that “even those who are not actually being physically abused can be victims of domestic violence.” He points out that the California Family Code states that “abuse is not limited […]
26 Acts of Kindness – Who Is Counting?
I confess that I am uncertain whether my attitude is idealistic or cynical, but there is something very disturbing to me about the ads being run by NBC in which Ann Curry encourages viewers to perform 26 acts of kindness in remembrance of the 26 children and adults murdered in Newtown, Connecticut. Here is the […]
Guns, Mental Illness and Massacre in Newtown, Connectucut
Discussion of the need to use mental health legislation to prevent gun violence as opposed to gun control legislation.
Adam Lanza, gun control, gun control legislation, mental health, mental health cure, mental health research, mental health treatment, mental illness, Newtown Connecticut, violence