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Captain America v. The Collective: Redemption in Tucson

By Christopher H. Evans

…f us—some sense of repentance. Although many conservatives praised Obama’s Tucson speech for not associating the violence of Tucson with the contemporary political climate, they missed the ways Obama attempted to set a penitent tone, calling Americans to a higher level of moral accountability. When I watched the University of Arizona ceremony leading up to the president’s speech, in some way the audience reaction seemed a bit surreal—more like a c…

Tucson, Like All Tragedy, is for Adults

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…rson’s act. And just as clearly, placing the 8th congressional district of Arizona in a sniper’s crosshairs on a map, or demonizing centralized government without exception and across the board, is speech designed to incite behavior in others that will almost surely become more unruly and even violent. In this context, then, the president elevated all of us simply by elevating and depolarizing the collective discussion of these events. He was clea…

Memo To Kathleen Parker on ‘Father Sky’ Reference in Tucson Memorial

By Daniel Schultz

…you were upset with the opening invocation at the memorial service for the Tucson shooting victims. Here’s what you had to say about it on Twitter: Father Sky and Mother Earth, seriously? You probably didn’t realize that it was a nod to Native American beliefs, rather than a New Age-y expropriation of those beliefs. That’s all right, I understand. Religion isn’t your beat. Besides, New Mexico and Arizona are exactly alike. How is a major CNN contr…

New Theory for Tucson Tragedy: Blame the Atheists

By Lauri Lebo

…in on the political debate over accused killer Jared Loughner’s motives in Tucson. Mainly, because I don’t know what those motives are. For now, only this young man and the demons haunting his brain know for sure what provoked him, as he is charged, to shoot 20 people, killing six. In the length of time that it took to get Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to the hospital, I had hoped that amid this tragedy, common sense and decency might prevail. Then the…

Death in the Desert: Riding With the Samaritans

By Lauri Lebo

…of these immigrants to take their chances on the more remote areas of the Arizona mountains and deserts. Which is why, Father David and Millsap believe, the number of deaths have climbed this past year. Many of the bodies are too decomposed or mutilated by animals to ever be identified. Kat Rodriguez of Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, a nonprofit advocacy organization which collects data on the deaths, says she gets calls all the time from despera…

What Can We Expect Following Tucson?

By Gary Laderman

It is difficult not to comment on the tragedy in Arizona. In the aftermath we have the same predictable round of finger pointing: left vs. right. Forget about sane discourse or compassion, this event will continue to be part of an ongoing political battle. Given the weight of history though, I am sure we can expect the following responses: First, the killer will be understood to be a lone psychotic who acted based on paranoid delusions about gove…

State of the Union Stuck in that Olde-Time Semi-Niebuhrianism

By Ira Chernus

…dy itself, he explained, demanded what we have learned to call “civility”: Tucson reminded us that… each of us is a part of… something more consequential than party or political preference. We are part of the American family… We share common hopes and a common creed… We can… we must… work together. But he went further, making the newfound clamor for “civility” a mark of American exceptionalism: All American children share “the dreams of a little g…

Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…to continue to shrink into the insularity and disorganization that caused the Philadelphia Archdiocese to decline so precipitously? It remains to be seen. Meanwhile, faithful Catholics and others who want to see the Pope may be losing heart. 10,000 tickets for the Pope’s Speech at Independence Mall sold out in two minutes on Tuesday, with 394k people trying their best to get a few. Tickets are already being scalped at $100 and up on craigslist. I…

Meet Arizona’s Even More Anti-Immigrant Bill

By Lauri Lebo

…leadership, lack of priorities and complete lack of understanding by some Arizona lawmakers of what it means to respect and uphold the Constitution of the United States and Arizona.” “SB 1611 represents an unprecedented attack on the rights of students and creates a permanent underclass of young people in this state who will be shut out of a basic education,” added Meetze. “It defies the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1982 decision, Plyler v. Doe, which…

A Primer on Activism from Unitarian Universalists

By Kim Bobo

…the Unitarian Universalists. The UUs were active in two locations. A large number claimed a major downtown intersection, where 23 of them grabbed hold of a giant flag saying Arizona Human Rights, stood in the middle of the street and refused to leave. Those who chose not to get arrested stood on the sidewalks nearby cheering them on. The group sang songs, repeated chants and offered a powerful witness to the city of Phoenix. Those on the sidelines…