Morning Jolt: Would You Ever Agree to Be a Teenager Again?

We're going to do this again, huh? Another debate about gun control after a mass shooting?

We still have to debate gun control, even after the shooter built functioning bombs? After he used weapons that no federal official, including Dianne Feinstein, wants to prohibit?

I notice that school shooters rarely have lived lives of terrible abuse and deprivation, the sort of experiences that make you think, "oh, good heavens, well, no wonder that person finally snapped." When their tales are told, the portraits of their life reveal mundane problems — loneliness, bullying, social isolation and alienation; an attraction to a girl that isn't reciprocated. Those are all deeply unpleasant experiences, but they're also extremely common among teenagers. Raise your hand if you were never bullied. Raise your hand if you never felt like an outsider or a loser. Raise your hand if you've never been rejected or turned down by someone you liked. Yeah, I didn't think so.

The social conditions of teenagers — and let's face ...

May 21 2018

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Would You Ever Agree to Be a Teenager Again? Jim Geraghty We're going to do this again, huh? Another debate about gun control after a mass shooting? We still have to debate gun control, even after the shooter built functioning bombs? After he used weapons that no federal official, including Dianne Feinstein, wants to prohibit? I notice that school shooters rarely have lived lives of terrible abuse and deprivation, the sort of experiences that make you think, "oh, good heavens, well, no wonder that person finally snapped." When their tales are told, the portraits of their life reveal mundane problems — loneliness, bullying, social isolation and alienation; an attraction to a girl that isn't reciprocated. Those are all deeply unpleasant experiences, but they're also extremely common among teenagers. Raise your hand if you were never bullied. Raise your hand if you never felt like an outsider or a loser. Raise your hand if you've never been rejected or turned down by someone you liked. Yeah, I didn't think so. The social conditions of teenagers — and let's face ... Read More Top Stories Jonathan Swift in a White Suit Matthew Continetti Tom Wolfe's campaign against intellectual... Are Americans Too Attached to Their Pets? Clay Routledge Are Americans Too Attached to Their Pets? Pompeo: U.S. to Implement 'Strongest Sanctions in History' Against Iran Jack Crowe Pompeo said the sanctions would come if the regime does not comply with a list of U.S. demands intended to bolster non-proliferation measures. ADVERTISEMENT Trump the Outsider Jay Cost The president criticizes the bureaucracy as though he's not running it. In many ways, he's... The Media See Only One Collusion Story John Fund Anyone examining FBI and Justice Department abuses is smeared and... With North Korea, This Time Is Different Nicholas Grossman Though still unlikely, a real agreement is... REPORT: China Will Likely End 'Two Child' Policy This Year Jack Crowe China intends to do discontinue a four-decade old birth-limit policy, Bloomberg reported Monday. ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Chance or the Dance? A Critique of Modern Secularism Thomas Howard "If I could have everyone read just ten books, this would be one of them!" — Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Boston College LEARN MORE Photo Essays Photoshop of the Day: May 21st-May 25th Cartoons of the Day: May 21, 2018 ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.