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The NRA’s Fraud: Fabrication of Second Amendment Rights http://www.huffingtonpost.com/burton-newman/the-nras-fraud-fabricatio_b_3103358.html Download Huffington Post, free for iPad [cid:0A66A110-7B08-4C47-A15C-582F0579688D]

The news that the proposed legislation has failed extending background checks to gun shows and internet sales is deeply disappointing. In the long run, though, the news may not be all that bad. First, in the attempt to woo legislators … Continue reading →

This Saturday, I will be hosting a dinner for the baseball teams of Oglethorpe University and Centre College after they complete a twin bill on our campus. They will have one final game to play Sunday afternoon before the team … Continue reading →

So what do you talk about with a legendary basketball coach with over 900 wins who brought his team to your university for a Final Four practice? Carmello Anthony? Nope. His famous 2-3 zone? Nope. Gun control? Bingo! After Sandy … Continue reading →

The business page of Saturday’s New York Times featured a column by James Stewart titled “Refusing to be Late on Gay Marriage”. It told the story of Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman Sachs’ chairman and CEO, staking out an early position on … Continue reading →

On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of provisions in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, we held a panel discussion at Oglethorpe sponsored by the Black Student Caucus titled “Color Blind,” focusing on … Continue reading →

Both of our senators voted yes for the Violence Against Women Act passed in the Senate today, joining twenty-one other Republicans. Twenty-two Republicans cast a vote against it, including future bright star Marco Rubio. Go Georgia!! Now let’s see what … Continue reading →

I love the NRA. They just keep on coming at you. Their response to the recently released picture of Obama skeet shooting? “This isn’t something he has done very often because of how he is standing, how he has the … Continue reading →

This hit the Chronicle of Higher Education this week http://chronicle.com/blogs/letters/if-college-presidents-wont-speak-out-who-will/ If College Presidents Won’t Speak Out, Who Will? The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who served the University of Notre Dame as its president for 35 years, wrote an article in … Continue reading →

We don’t subscribe to the OWN Network at home, but I happen to be on the road tonight and my hotel carries the network on which Lance Armstrong is being interviewed by O. It’s about 40 minutes into what I … Continue reading →