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Sunday, November 15, 2026Nov 15

Pam’s Points: War on poverty, exaltation of guns, and growing older

Which war?

Instead of a war on poverty, why don’t we have a war on guns?

We seem to have it all wrong — to have some important priorities reversed.

We know we have too much gun violence in this country, but we’re allowing gun makers and gun lobbyists to push legislation that in essence makes guns as common in a pocket as a wallet.

We know we have people who are hungry and freezing both on the streets and in their homes, but we have conservative lawmakers bent on making them hungrier and colder to teach them some kind of lesson.