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About Tom Zoellner
See more books from this AuthorBig government became a chimerical enemy, and hatred of it was fueled by politicians who found that extreme positions brought votes, and by talk radio with its “constant generation of low-grade outrage.” When fellow citizens were viewed as potential predators, carrying a gun became a must, and on...
| Read Full Review of A Safeway in Arizona: What th...Even while conceding that there is only one responsible party for the tragedy and that he is âgravely mentally ill,â Zoellner concludes that âLoughnerâs feelings of existential helplessness were a distorted amplification of what surrounded him that year in Arizona.â Zoellner, a personal...
Oct 17 2011 | Read Full Review of A Safeway in Arizona: What th...As the nation faces the first anniversary of the tragic shooting in Tucson on January 8th, Tom Zoellner's stunning new book, A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America, will not only stand as a heartfelt memorial to his nat...
Jan 06 2012 | Read Full Review of A Safeway in Arizona: What th...TUCSON, AZ - JANUARY 09: A single rose with the words 'In Memory of the victims of the Oracle and Ina Shooting' written on a ribbon is taped to a lamp post at the intersection of West Ina and North Oracle roads near the Safeway grocery store where a person allegedly opened fire on a group of peop...
Jan 01 2012 | Read Full Review of A Safeway in Arizona: What th...(In fairness to Arizona, many other states have failed to commit even minimally adequate resources to treat mentally ill residents and assist their families.) Furthermore, Zoellner argues that the partisan political scene in Arizona is especially acute, with talk-show shock jocks fanning the div...
Jan 03 2012 | Read Full Review of A Safeway in Arizona: What th...An aggregated and normalized score based on 18 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes