GUN VIOLENCE: CONSIDER A LOUSE
Americans trying to make sense, or otherwise, of their latest mass shooting tragedy, might find it instructive to consider the best-known line from renowned 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns’ “To a Louse”: ‘O wad some Power the giftie gie us / To see oursels as ithers see us!’
Politicians like Texas governor Greg Abbott and senator Ted Cruz who insist the problem isn’t guns, it’s a “mental health issue”, could stand back and take stock of their own mental state.… Read the rest