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The American Gun Debate: How Can We Curb Gun Violence?

Published by Sam Flynn on January 12, 2016

Last New Year’s Eve, in Florida, a mother shot her daughter to death because she thought she was an intruder. In California, a father killed his son’s bedridden mother, girlfriend and friend before the son wrestled the gun away and killed him. And just Tuesday morning, an Ohio father shot…

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Dear Republicans, You Need to Evolve, Part 2

Published by Sam Flynn on December 6, 2015

(UPDATED: December 8, 2015) Dear Grand Old Party, Hey. It’s me. Listen, I know we don’t get along. At all. The animosity has gotten out of hand at times but who hasn’t forced their roommate to invade another guy’s house based on lies or allowed the bank to short our mortgage knowing…

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The Times, They Are A-Changin’: Old Media, New Media, How They Shape Our World – And How We Shape Them

Published by Sam Flynn on June 8, 2015

(UPDATED: 6/20/2015) Media is changing. Newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs. The Internet, once praised as a bastion of political activism, has become a battlefield. On Friday, a feature piece published in The New York Times detailed one journalist’s investigation into coordinated cyber-trolling, a journey that took him…

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