I still laugh every time I think of this, even though its been years… Back when I was a gung-ho rook, I used to spend my nights off downtown. I’d usually hang out at the 7/11 and drink free coffee, flirt with the U-Tote-Em Queen, and BS with the guys on shift. It never occured [...]

“More than 90 percent of all uses of guns in self-defense do not involve actually firing the weapon, despite gun control advocates’ assumption that we are all such trigger-happy idiots that letting ordinary citizens have guns will lead to bullets flying hither and yon. Like virtually every other liberal crusade, gun control is based on [...]

I found this in Reason-Online. It gives a good comparison of gun registration vs. car registration. http://www.reason.com/sullum/051700.html Motherly Advice By Jacob Sullum A couple years ago, the Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan had a banner above its entrance condemning police brutality. I thought of it when I saw the headline over the New York Times [...]

The British weren’t nearly as bad as depicted in this film, and only about 40% of the colonists actively supported the rebellion. (The rest, like a lot of gunnies, were too lazy to get off their rear ends.) Despite any historical inaccuracies that afflict Patriot, most important is the film’s message: It is morally correct [...]

FORT WORTH — Gov. George W. Bush says he is for reform, but a majority of Texans — even those among his supporters — are unable to say how Bush has improved the government since taking office in 1995, a recent poll shows. The Texas Poll, conducted by Scripps-Howard for the `Star-Telegram and other media [...]