A forthcoming book chronicling the stories of ten children, all who were shot and killed across America on November 23, 2013, will also be adapted for a film starring British actor David… Read more »

Reader, it pains me to tell you that, as of Tuesday, March 29th, the Melancholy Times has officially ceased publication. Inspired by Peter Manseau’s brilliant and harrowing new book, Melancholy… Read more »

As of the first of this year, residents of Texas, as well as visitors with a proper license, are now legally allowed to carry firearms in public. Visible guns and mixed feelings swiftly surfaced everywhere, and dozens… Read more »

University of Iowa president Bruce Harreld raised more than eyebrows last week during a staff council meeting when he remarked that professors teaching without lesson plans “should be shot.”   As reported… Read more »