listening to my students taught me about the irrationality of our nations gun debate this is who we are gun lust in america the global political project known as centrism continues to collapse despite its billionaire backers increasingly desperate the centerleft had its chance its time for something new crossposted from tomdispatchcom we tend to think of them as separate and distinct wars the war in afghanistan the war the contagion of americas wars had the shooter been black mexican or muslim wed be hearing a lot more than just thoughts and prayers the republicans nonresponse to the las vegas shooting