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To All the Whos Down in Who-ville: Helping Newtown, CT

It was late in the day on Friday when I heard the news of what had happened in Newtown.  I was bombarded with posts on Facebook when I sat down at my desk after a day of meetings.  One of the posts was a link to a petition for stronger gun control laws.  I signed it and posted it in my own news feed.  My post didn’t draw much attention, but the comments I did get were all negative, chiding me for pushing an “agenda”, for being disrespectful to the victims, and for implying that it was the gun’s fault. Now, if you know me well, you would know that none of these things were my intention.  I am not a politician, so I don’t operate on an agenda. I operate … Read entire article »

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