The cheapening of human life
The cries of terror and disbelief continue. Teenagers lie down in front of the White House to protest the nation's tepid, stalled gun-control legislation. Parents grieve for their children and stare at the wound carved into the American soul. Assault rifles have more rights than schoolchildren.
A movement simmers, or so it seems, a week after the latest deadly school shooting: seventeen people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, many more injured. A disturbed loner -- yet another one -- is arrested.
It's not simply violence, but
