or lack there of.

But, at least there's the compass plant (Silphium laciniatum), which helped early visitors to the prairie find their way.

In light of Las Vegas, Speaker Ryan has decided to hold off for a while on legislation authorizing widespread sale and use of silencers.

Seriously, a great majority of Americans are in favor of sensible gun laws. It's just that the NRA, the gun lobby, and a relatively small group of gun fetishists have bought the Republicans in Congress. The only real solution to continued carnage is voting the moral cretins out. They have got to go.