by Drick Boyd | Jul 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Tucson, now Aurora. Add to this the dozens of school shootings in the last few years, and the shootings that take place almost daily in numerous urban communities. Have we lost our minds as a culture? What happened in Aurora is a...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
This past week Pres. Barack Obama delivered a speech in Arizona in which he proposed that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System be strengthened so as to deny known felons the opportunity to purchase guns. Groups like Mayors Against Illegal Guns and...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Many people who came of age in the 1960’s remember the Bob Dylan song, “Blowin in the Wind,” which asked a series of questions that probed the ethos of that age. Today as I read of the shooting deaths of nine people in Tucson, AZ and the serious injury to Rep....
by Drick Boyd | May 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
In preparation for our trial on May 26, our lawyer asked each defendant to put together a personal statement as to why we participated in the direct action against Colismo’s gun shop. While this will not be my exact testimony, the following is my basic reasoning...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
In recent years colleges and employers have bemoaned the apparent decline in U.S. children’s ability to read and write. As a college professor who often teaches first year students and adults returning to college, I can attest to the often abysmal state of student...
