Monthly Archives: December 2012

If what we care about is saving the lives of innocent human beings by reducing the number of mass public shootings and the deaths they cause, only one policy has ever been shown to work: concealed-carry laws. On the other … Continue reading →

Americans, according to criminologist Gary Kleck, use guns 2.5 million times each year for self-defense, usually just brandishing the weapon. (The attacker is wounded in less than 8 percent of self-defense cases.) Of the 2.5 million, 400,000 claim that but … Continue reading →

There may be no greater expression of evil than the murder of children in their classrooms. In calling for prayers, officials have taken an important first step in combating evil, but a larger question should be asked. Perhaps theologians, pastors, … Continue reading →

In the Brokest Nation in History, it would be unreasonable to expect the president to pretend to have a regular all-American family Christmas for less than five million bucks. As Ben Franklin famously said: “A republic, if you can keep … Continue reading →

Obi Wan has a solution: when our heroes are confronted by emissaries of the Empire, he simply waves his hand. “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” The weak-minded Stormtrooper promptly waves the group through. Obi Wan was using an … Continue reading →

I was going to write about Moslems and Mormons and why patriots didn’t turn out in the last election and lots of other stuff. I was going to write about liberty lost forever etc. But I asked myself “Why?” Today … Continue reading →

A serious and sustained pushback is long overdue. Conservatives should get on with it, and never lose sight of their ultimate advantage over Democrats: the progressive agenda is unsustainable, absent the eventual imposition of a totalitarian state. The left may … Continue reading →