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Random thoughts of an American in Finland

Showing posts with label gun violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gun violence. Show all posts
Friday, January 8, 2016

A Depraved Nation?

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I was happy to see President Obama take some action this week to tighten US gun control laws, if only moderately. Somehow in America, w...
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Monday, October 26, 2015

The Parable of the Selfish "Hero"?

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There are so many strange little stories coming out of the US presidential race that it’s hard to keep up with them all. However, one invol...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

The Police

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My first job in Finland, when I finally got one, was as an English teacher. Specifically, I taught English as a second language in one of t...
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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Gun Happy?

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The debate over gun control in the States is in full swing, with Congress this past week starting formal hearings following President Obama’...
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Saturday, December 22, 2012

Sandy Hook

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Last summer, after the shooting death of a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater, I decided that such senseless killings on a sicke...
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Kent Tankersley
I’m an expatriate American living in Finland, where to my utter surprise, I’ve somehow spent half of the fifty-odd years of my life, so far. Time does have a way of sneaking up on you. As an American and long-time resident in a foreign land, I often feel pulled between two worlds, no longer completely familiar with the land of my birth after so many years and yet not always a full-fledged member of the society where I’ve made my home. Call it the dilemma of the expat. You gain new experiences when you stray far from home and broaden your horizons, but you lose something as well. Finland, an unassuming country on the fringes of Western Europe, is not the most obvious place for someone from a tiny town in North Georgia to find themselves. How the hell did I get here? And why do I stay?
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