Gabrielle Giffords
Novelist’s Loner Protagonist is All Too Real in Tucson
Like the rest of the twitterati,the novelist Walter Kirn quickly tried to make sense of the Arizona shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others. As events unfolded, Kirn’s tweets stood out. By Sunday night, Kirn realized the uncanny similarities alleged shooter Jared Loughner shared with Kent Selkirk, the socially-inept-loner-on-the-internet protagonist of Kirn’s novel, The […]
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Resigns
Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle posted a video on her website Sunday that reveals she will be resigning from office this week. This announcement comes after her first public appearance in Tuscon on the one-year anniversary of the shooting spree that killed six people and left her in critical condition. What side of the aisle her highly […]
This Week’s Agenda: New Hampshire Primary, Congressional Recess, Egyptian Elections
This week marks the 1st anniversary of congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ shooting, the 2nd anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, and the 10th anniversary of first Afghan prisoners arriving at Guantanamo Bay. New Hampshire’s primary is this week – and so is the final stage of Egyptian parliamentary elections. Charlie Herman is economics editor for The Takeaway and […]
One Year After Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ Shooting
Sunday marked one year since the Tuscon, Arizona shooting where Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords suffered a gunshot wound to head. In total, thirteen people were injured and six other killed, including the shooter. At 10:11 a.m., when the shooting started, church bells and bells passed out to residents will ring out across Tucson. Buzz Conover, senior […]
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the Road to Recovery
Since suffering a gunshot wound to the head in January of last year, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, have largely shunned the spotlight. But now the couple is opening up about her recovery process in the new book “Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope” and an interview with Diana Sawyer on ABC’s […]