Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I finally figured out the Second Amendment when Hurricane Katrina struck. I mean, I’d always known before that the police can’t be everywhere and that they often show up to mop up after a crime, because the criminal and done and gone so quickly. The knowledge that they’re out there
Continue readingIs it a coincidence that, the day before Hanukkah, my blog is suddenly hopping with references to the Second Amendment? After all, Hanukkah commemorates a battle against government tyranny, something that happens only when a citizenry can protect itself. No, I don’t think it’s coincidence, especially because I just read
Continue readingRobert Avrech nails the stupidity that is gun control. (And yes, I was once that stupid, but I’ve recovered.) It’s pretty much a perfect post: short, riveting, persuasive. Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingOne of the blessings of blogging is that I’ve met so many wonderful people. I haven’t met most of them in the conventional sense — that is, I haven’t been in the same physical space with them — but I’ve corresponded with them over the years and feel I know
Continue readingMany, many have written on this, but I like Keith Koffler’s summation the best, as I think he does a remarkably good getting to the core point about the latest twist in Fast and Furious. He also manages to highlight why I like Rush: Rush is not afraid to identify
Continue readingNavyOne did it — he found me someone who will hold my hand and shepherd me through the door of the local shooting range. All that remains now is organization, and I can do that. I’m so grateful to NavyOne; to Mike, who offered me moral courage and solid information;
Continue readingThe post title is a bit misleading. I actually mean that I can’t blog now, as opposed to talk now, but it is true that I’m very, very busy with deep thoughts. I’m working on a new project, having tons of fun, learning lots, and my mind is bubbling with
Continue readingI presented my daughter with the following scenario: Imagine that the president you elected has been in the White House for one term. During that time, everything that indicates the health of the country is worse than when your man came into office. Whether one looks at the economy, national
Continue reading“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” If it wasn’t for the fact that he’s a committed gun control guy, I might have mistaken Nicholas Kristof’s NYTs column today for
Continue readingThe media does hysteria well. It’s about the only thing it does well. It hysterically accused Palin and Beck and Limbaugh and the Tea Partiers of being complicit in mass murder despite a few readily known and very salient facts: (1) the absence of a single quotation that can be
Continue readingMy post caption is mangled version of an English expression popular in the years leading up to and during WWI: “The Hun is either at your throat or at your feet.” It was a reference to the fact that Germany was a deeply hierarchical, undemocratic nation, with only the haziest
Continue readingIn the debate over the Ground Zero Mosque, the Left’s trump card has been the language in the First Amendment stating that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” All of us correctly understand this to mean that government cannot create a state faith, nor can it
Continue readingAlthough it’s been open for more than a year now, I went for the first time today to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. My visit there was an interesting contrast to my first visit, some years ago, to the newly rebuilt De Young Museum
Continue readingThis sounds rather fun: If you are skilled with a pistol, rifle or any other firearm, you could win $100,000 in prizes on season 2 of History Channel’s hit competition show TOP SHOT. Producers are looking for anyone with mind-blowing shooting skills and a big personality to take on exciting
Continue readingSo many of my past political beliefs embarrass me. One of the ones that I find most humiliating is the way in which I so totally bought into the whole notion of gun control. My thinking was so simplistic: Guns kill people, therefore guns are bad and should be outlawed.
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