Crime

One week ago, a man brought a gun into a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana at the showing of comedian and actress Amy Schumer’s new film Trainwreck. Below is an open letter I have written to her in response: ~ Dear Amy Schumer, This week, #Aurora and #Lafayette were trending on Twitter at the same time; one tragedy was just closing in court and one was just beginning in a theater. All of this transpired on social media just as we marked the one month anniversary since a mass shooting in #Charleston — yes, that was a hashtag, too. All of this may seem like it’s playing out on your computer — a safe world away from where you live and work in Hollywood. But as a woman, a daughter and sister, a national figure, and a role model, you have a real stake in gun violence happening...

OPENN LETTER TO Accredited Diplomatic and Consular Missions to the Republic of Macedonia MEDIA The leader of the Islamic Religious Community in Macedonia is playing dirty games with ambassadors and the international community, by manipulating with the topic of Wahhabism Always when Sulejman Rexhepi is accused of crime and criminal activities he begins to manipulate with Wahhabism card. It is unacceptable and intolerable that the international community continues to legitimize the criminal activities of Sulejman Rexhepi. Sulejman Rexhepi is not respected by Muslim believers and he has no authority to them, for this reason believers have lost faith in the institution that he leads so they are leaving the institution of Islamic religious community and becoming part of all...

Dear Mother of 5 Minus 1: You seemed to have forgotten something when you moved. Nope, it wasn't the A/C window unit or the blinds. I can see from the driveway that you got those. It wasn't the tricycle that used to sit upside-down in the middle of the yard. No, you remembered that, too. YOU FORGOT YOUR DOG! Yep, you must have missed him in the backyard – what, with the grass 5 feet tall – but it's weird, you remembered to take his water bowl and food because when I found him hiding under a bush on a 90-degree summer day, he had no food, no water. He had nothing, in fact, but a ragged, buckle collar that I couldn't put even one finger through. He must have had a growth spurt from the day you forgot him to the day I found him, except he was so skinny, I could see all his ribs. It's a...

On May 27, Andrew Dunlap attacked his parents in their home. He is charged with attempted murder and he is bipolar/schizophrenic. To the DA handling Andrew Dunlap’s Case, his Attorney and the Memphis Community; I have known Andrew since 1996. We were college sweethearts and he was unlike any man I had ever met: kind and polite, thoughtful, funny and incredibly creative. He was and is, in my mind, the archetypal Southern Gentleman. Andrew loves his parents and admires their 50-year relationship with a special reverence. When I spoke with his mother Marcia last summer after they had moved Andrew back in with them, she said, “Well, he loves us and he wants to please us, so that makes it easier.” I cannot describe to you the suffering this family has faced so bravely in...