Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick
I’m neither a Tom Cruise fan nor a movie fan so I was surprised to find the movie completely enjoyable, so much so that I recommend it to others.
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Bookworm Beat 7/2/22: the Supreme Court rules illustrated edition
It’s great to have a working website again, so more articles and meme round-ups…like this one: the Supreme Court, abortion, guns, and more.
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The Second Amendment Writing on the Wall
After the Supreme Court decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Assoc., Inc. v. Bruen, the remaining frontiers for the 2nd Amendment are overturning state laws restricting citizens from owning types of weapons in common use or “high-capacity” magazines. It appears (h/t Redstate), based on the most recent orders
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Aborting Judicial Activism…and Abortion Itself
This is a deep dive into the principles underlying the main opinion in Dobbs and the concurrences, as well as the utter lack of principles underlying the dissent. Given the length of the majority opinion, concurrence, and dissent in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org., it has taken me a
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Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony makes Trump look better
The facts show that everything Hutchinson said about Trump in the Beast is, at least, exaggerated but when you think about it, it favors Trump. I’ve now had 24 hours to think about Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony (which ranks right up there with statements from Jussie Smollett or Christine Blowsy-Fraud, who
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Kennedy: A Little Victory Of Great Portent
We have just had three “Originalist” Supreme Court opinions released within the space of a week, all of which are of great importance in their own right, and taken together, mark a seismic shift towards a return to the Constitution of our Founders that I never expected to see in
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The 2022.06.16 Bookworm Video Podcast is up
An amazing week for news and I tried to hit at least some of it in this podcast. As always, I had grand plans but found them foiled by the demands of my real life. Time slipped away but I think I managed to capture some of the issues that
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Bookworm Beat 6/27/22 — special Supreme Court meme edition
With the Supreme Court whipping out decisions and Democrats still on a rampage, I’ve got too many memes to wait until Friday. A caveat goes with the next one: The Supreme Court was addressing a very specific law. However, the principles laid out mark the death knell of red flag
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The Bruen Case Part II: Red Flag Laws and Judicial Activism
This is a final look at the Court’s decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Assoc., Inc. v. Bruen. Part I, analyzing the majority opinion, is here. This Part II will first examine the Bruen opinion’s likely impact on state Red Flag Laws, a key component of Congress’s recent
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Dobbs: A return to the rule of constitutional law
The Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision represents a return to constitutional law — and if Dems hate it, there’s a constitutional amendment process to change it.
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Bookworm Beat 6/24/22 — The guns and Biden illustrated edition
Even before the Supreme Court handed down its ruling, my collection of gun memes was big. I’ve got a few other great memes too — about 100 of ’em. Before I get to the memes, I may finally have resolved most of the problems that have been bedeviling me for almost a
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A First Look At Today’s Second Amendment Decision (Updated)
The constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not “a second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.” McDonald, 561 U. S., at 780 (plurality opinion). We know of no other constitutional right that an individual may exercise
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Bookworm Beat 6-17-22: The end of the world illustrated edition
It’s not really the end of the world; it just feels like that. And these memes will help you laugh and cry that feeling away.
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If you’re getting emails but not seeing new posts….
I’ve heard from some readers that they’re receiving emails with updates about new posts but that, when they open their browsers and go to my website, no new posts appear. I wasn’t having that problem on my computer but I did replicate it on my tablet. I think some of
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The 2022.06.16 Bookworm Video Podcast is up
So much to talk about: hope from history, dealing with vaccine stress, our pagan reversion, benefits (to Dems) from lockdowns, transgenderism, Uvalde, and more.
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