Guntry clubs target a new breed of shooter: younger, more affluent and female – The Washington Post Blake Vaught and Alex Williamson, buddies in their late 20s, were having a cognitive dissonance moment. “This place is like a country club,” … Continue reading
Category Archives: Liberty
What Problem-Solving Progressives Don’t Get | National Review Online …at least those libertarians who actually believe in limited government — ii.e., those for whom healthy skepticism about government has not devolved into implacable hostility towards government even in its essential … Continue reading
So, about six years ago, I called for a ban on knives. It’s a ridiculous position to take, but it’s OK because I was trolling Chef Mojo. Fast forward to present day. Doctors’ kitchen knives ban call “We suggest that … Continue reading
City subpoenas pastors’ sermons in equal rights ordinance case – Houston Chronicle The subpoenas were issued to several high-profile pastors and religious leaders who have been vocal in opposing the ordinance. The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a motion on … Continue reading
Poll: Plurality now think businesses that provide wedding services should be required to serve gay weddings too « Hot Air I wish Pew had provided older numbers to use as a yardstick here. Can’t tell if this has been fairly … Continue reading
To L(l)ibertarian Or Not? That Is The Question To me this battle for the soul of ?conservatism? and control of the GOP is far more important than any election this fall. It?s why I can?t see myself voting for any … Continue reading
TeaPartyPatriots Citizens Fund Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Endorsed Candidate Falls Short in North Carolina Senate Race The Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund’s endorsed candidate, Dr. Greg Brannon, came up just short of making a runoff in the North Carolina … Continue reading
Make all your progtard friends – especially the ones who are parents – watch this, just so you can see their heads explode. (from my pal Phil – thanks!) … Continue reading
Donald Sterling to Sue the NBA for $1.7 Billion Dollars The Donald Sterling scandal just got a lot more interesting. In response to the $2.5 million fine, lifetime ban, and probable forced sale of the Los Angeles Clippers franchise, Donald … Continue reading
Should NBA Clippers Owner Donald Sterling be Fired for Racist Remarks? Scheduled to Get NAACP Award on May 15 – Hit & Run : Reason.com TMZ has released audio of the owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers franchise, Donald … Continue reading
George Will: Progressives are wrong about the essence of the Constitution – The Washington Post Will is at his best when waxing philosophical while looking toward history. Read the whole thing, but here’s a question you can ask your friends … Continue reading
Evangelical leader shows how GOP can finesse gay marriage | WashingtonExaminer.com Russell Moore, the 42-year-old president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a star in cultural conservative circles. Speaking at a conference of … Continue reading
NRA-ILA | Georgia Comprehensive Pro Gun Reform Passes State Senate Sent to House for Concurrence Thanks to your active help and involvement, the Georgia Senate passed House Bill 60 with an additional amendment by a 37-18 vote last night. Your … Continue reading
Photos: The Brutal DIY Weapons of the Ukrainian Revolution | Raw File | Wired.com The protesters who filled Maidan Square to battle the Ukrainian army and topple President Yanukovych often fought with little more than sticks, bats and sledgehammers. Their … Continue reading
No, Edward Snowden Doesn’t Deserve The Nobel Peace Prize – Forbes Peaceful global stability won’t come courtesy of the freer but less predictable world Snowden has helped make possible. It would be much more likely to emerge from seamless, placid … Continue reading
Samuel Whittemore Whittemore was born in England. He went to North America in 1745 as a Captain of Dragoons in the British Army, where he fought in King George’s War (1744-48). He was involved in the capture of the French … Continue reading
Declaration of Independence IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them … Continue reading
Delaware legalizes gay marriage Delaware is the the 11th state to endorse gay marriage after a bill legalizing same-sex unions passed the state Senate on a 12 to 9 vote. (The District of Columbia has also legalized gay marriage.) The … Continue reading
It isn’t all misery in Obama’s America | protein wisdom instance, it was exactly one year ago today that our youngest, Tanner, gave us a scare — and my wife a memorable scar — when he entered our world by … Continue reading
The AnarchAngel : Baby Boy Byrne – First Day, First Week Over at the Anarchangel’s joint, Chris seems to have acquired a new addition to the famiy. Which reminds me: GOP Faces Bright Future, Thanks To Favorable Demographics – Investors.com … Continue reading
Facebook Tries to Recreate AOL | Coyote Blog This sounds a lot like what AOL tried to do, back before anyone knew what the web was or how to navigate it. Interesting how these things come back around Facebook’s long-term … Continue reading
SNAP Enrollment Keeps Increasing "The unemployment data is not really telling us the true story of how many people are underemployed," he tells CNBC. Food stamps are "a good indication of how the income of the work force has stagnated … Continue reading
Louisiana Trial Court Strikes Down Louisiana Felon-in-Possession Ban, as Violating Newly Strengthen Louisiana Right to Bear Arms Provision Under the strict scrutiny standard, government action is not presumed to be constitutional, and will not be upheld by [a] Court unelss … Continue reading
Escape…to where? | Not Clauswitz But recently my wife said, “Just tell me where we can move-to, and I’ll retire.” She’s so fed-up with the crap she has to deal with at work, that this place may not be long … Continue reading
» One year ago today, Andrew Breitbart died – Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion This comment is something I’ve continuously pondered in one form or another. nomadic100 | March 1, 2012 at 2:56 pm Professor, LI has become my favorite blog – and … Continue reading
Court Silences Man Who Painted Protest Sign on His House – Hit & Run : Reason.com William Bowden painted “Screwed by the Town of Cary” on his house after a road-widening project (allegedly) directed runoff onto his property, damaging his … Continue reading
NRA boycott kills outdoors show that banned assault weapons | WashingtonExaminer.com A massive boycott sparked by the NRA and other gun-rights groups outraged that the nation’s largest outdoors show banned the exhibition of assault weapons has caused the show’s organizers … Continue reading
MLK’s Contested Yet Universal Blueprint for Freedom – Reason.com In 2013, we have no shortage of morally suspect laws to oppose, starting with a drug war that has debased our constitutional rights and created a grotesque prison-industrial complex that warehouses … Continue reading
When I was four years old, my parents packed me off to the military boarding school which my two older brothers (8 and 10 at the time) already attended. There were reasons for this, some good, others perhaps less so, … Continue reading
Mark Tapscott: Confessions of a gun-loving journalist There may well be a case for strengthening our gun laws in some or even many respects…. Sorry, Mark, but there is not. What part of “…the right of the people to keep … Continue reading
Today is sort of shaping up to be all gun grabber, all the time. I’ll try to break the fixation tomorrow. … Continue reading
Colorado purported to be testing ground for new draconian anti-gun measures | protein wisdom Looks like outlawism is coming to the west. This won’t end well for me. But I owe it to my family to fight for what is … Continue reading
» To say that Republicans in Congress folded like a cheap suit is an insult to cheap suits – Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion The Republican leadership failed miserably. Their lack of conviction is my liberation theology. Liberation from the Republican leadership. Liberation … Continue reading
Regulating the Militia – Kevin D. Williamson – National Review Online Brett, like practically every other person seeking to diminish our constitutional rights, either does not understand the purpose of the Second Amendment or refuses to address it, writing, “Gun … Continue reading
History of gun control is cautionary tale for those who want more regulations – The Washington Post Michel, the former Republican minority leader, said: “I wish there was some way of convincing the NRA that there are those of us … Continue reading
Classical Values – End the culture war by restoring classical values What I cannot understand is how any thinking person with a conscience could be a judge under such a system. I could not do that to people whose crime … Continue reading
Classical Values » Fourth Amendment Growing In Popularity Officers will be advising people not to smoke in public, police spokesman Jonah Spangenthal-Lee wrote on the SPD Blotter. “The police department believes that, under state law, you may responsibly get baked, … Continue reading
Stockholm Syndrome | Not Clauswitz Just watch it. … Continue reading
China’s alternative to eminent domain | Samizdata.net In China, the government wanted to build a road where there were some flats. Instead of evicting the residents, they lured them away with money. But for one couple the money was not … Continue reading
The Plunge Continues … Ammunition Drops Farthest at Traction Control In the 15 days since the US Presidential Elections, wholesale stock levels have fallen an average of 20.1%. Firearms inventories have fallen 15.9% from $40,400,696 to $33,967,713 and ammunition has … Continue reading