Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Perhaps I’m misunderstanding things here, but as I read this article, five British police officers got badly mauled by a single dog because none had a gun. It wasn’t until a SWAT team arrived that the attack ended. In America, the police are minutes away when seconds count. In England,
Continue readingHere’s the video in which Eric Holder ends by saying that we have to “brainwash” young people into new attitudes about guns: I am no Eric Holder fan. I think he’s very busy now trying to destroy both the Justice Department and the abstract notion of justice within the United
Continue readingI’ve got a new post up at the PJ Tatler: For the past few days, the internet has been buzzing about two amazing self-defense stories, each involving young people. The first to hit the wires was the story of 19-year old Sarah McKinley. On Christmas Day, McKinley’s 58-year old husband
Continue readingI 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 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 reading“Logic! Why don’t they teach logic at these schools?” — C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Neither Data nor Mr. Spock, two relentlessly logical creations, could ever be liberals or Democrats or Progressives, or whatever the Hell else they’re calling themselves nowadays. (For convenience, I’ll just lump
Continue readingThis is a portmanteau post, filled with interesting things I read today, some of which come in neatly matched sets. Opening today’s San Francisco Moronicle, the first thing I saw was that an illegal teen’s arrest is causing a stir in San Francisco’s halls of power. You see, San Francisco
Continue readingTwenty years ago, if you had offered me the opportunity to fire a gun, I would have recoiled in absolute horror and read you the riot act. I can still recite my standard factoids from memory, although I’m too lazy now to string them together into a coherent narrative: Guns
Continue readingHere’s one for the embittered crowd: While we’ve all heard about the Annenberg Challenge, I think few, if any, of us have heard about Obama’s eight years as director of the Joyce Foundation. You’d think he would have been playing up a directorship, considering that it would prove executive experience.
Continue readingThis is not a picture in America, but the top two pictures in this story illustrate perfectly why it matters that a nation’s citizens — the vast majority of whom are law abiding — can bear arms. It is also interesting to note that, while the Beeb instantly tried to
Continue readingJust in time for July 4th, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Second Amendment says what it means and means what it says. I personally am not now, nor have I ever been, a gun owner. I keep meaning to go the local firing range and take lessons (operating on
Continue readingI don’t drink. I don’t like the stuff, and have never forced myself to learn to enjoy it. However, I often find myself in a situation that requires me to buy wine, whether for a potluck or because it’s the perfect hostess gift. Over the years, I’ve developed a surprisingly
Continue readingIf a store routinely cheats its customers, its customers begin to go elsewhere. If the district attorney gets wind of the cheating, a criminal prosecution can result. It’s only in the wonderful world of TV news, however, that lying and cheating seem to have very limited repercussions. People like you
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