Gun Control. Again.

In the aftermath of the horrific shooting in Aurora, some articles and a rant.

The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun. Evan Selinger for The Atlantic.
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Eliminated Virtually All Shooting Deaths. Max Fisher, The Atlantic.
Jason Alexander's tweets on Salon.

Derek Boogaard

A 3-part New York Times piece on Derek Boogaard, a hockey enforcer who was diagnosed with CTE after his death age 28. (CTE can only be diagnosed post-mortem.)

A Boy Learns to Brawl.

Blood on the Ice.

A Brain 'Going Bad'

Kill the Head and the Body Will Die

If The New Yorker is writing about football... in the wake of this mess, I don't know how I'll be able to bring myself to continue watching and supporting what is "in its essence, a great sport."

Side note: I love Amy Davidson, though I think conflating this story with the Paterno story is a stretch.