Mass Killing Epidemic

 As I am writing this, will we hear of a 200th mass killing in the United States this year? The 199th was at an outdoor shopping mall in Allen Texas. That is just a few miles from where one of our sons lives. And he has a person practicing with his rifle next door to him. No, it is not safe anywhere. Blaming people with mental illness is not the answer, particularly when mental health care is so hard to find. The slogan, "The only thing to stop a bad person with a gun is a good person with a gun" won't do. More gun violence compounds fear that causes a continuous rise in purchase of guns. The gun industry benefits and we all lose. 

The Days of May

 May 4:  May the 4th be with you.

Mary 5: Cinco de Mayo

May 6: Coronation of King Charles III

May 6: My half birthday (Born Nov. 6, 1938)

Of the three, I'll choose May 6 to celebrate

MLK's words.

 It’s been 60 years (1963) since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on scraps of paper, but faith leaders say his response to white clergy critics endures as a “road map” for those working on justice and equal rights.

Recent events and exhibitions tied to its anniversary have revealed the ongoing interest in and relevance of King’s letter, in which the civil rights leader proclaimed: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”