You want to have a gun before you need it. Advocates of armed defense have been saying that for decades, though recent events underlined their point. Last month, sentencing reforms in some states effectively decriminalized theft under about $900. We…
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Isn’t it amazing how so much of our world has changed so dramatically, almost overnight? How the new normal has suddenly replaced the old normal? How everything is in a state of flux? All this makes us realize how some…
America in Lockdown, Economy Trashed, Stock Market Gains Destroyed, Jobs and Businesses Gone – Mission Accomplished?
“People are being told to stay home, while they wave bye bye to their jobs and income. Some states are even threatening people with arrest and jail time and/or fines for disobeying shelter in place orders.” According to OAN News,…
Are Bureaucrats Shutting Down Schools for Their Benefit, or for Yours?
Local schools are closed due to the Wuhan virus. Is that a good idea, or a bad one? The lockdown is bad news if you’re a young, ordinary family with two working parents of school-age children. The shutdown is great…
No Cops to Save You, but Too Bad You Couldn’t Get a Gun to Protect Yourself
You might not have wanted a gun before, but now you do. You’ve seen the empty shelves in grocery stores. You read in the news that some police departments are taking longer to respond because of the outbreak of the…
Can Government Officials Be Trusted With Our Children’s Lives
I’m watching the news media and the government go nuts over the flu. That increased my level of skepticism about our public institutions. That was my frame of mind when Bill Frady asked me, “Didn’t we learn what to do…
Bernie the Bolshevik and AOC the Bartender – Because Even Snowflakes Need Heroes
All the candidates seeking the democratic nomination are undergoing a searing examination by the media, pundits and campaign research groups. Scrutinizing the kinds of people who support the candidates may be far more revealing. Who are these starry-eyed young people…
Attacks Show the “Tolerant” Left is Violently Intolerant
Tolerance means allowing others to think and act in ways with which we disagree. As long as they are not violating your rights, then “tolerance” means hands-off, live and let live. In the last few weeks, we’ve seen Democrats show…
The Myth of Bernie Sanders’s Honesty
Ah, feel the Bern. Love him or hate him — and avowed socialist Bernie Sanders does evoke extremes in feeling — even conservatives will credit him with being honest. But they shouldn’t. Not only has the Vermont senator and presidential…
As We Mindlessly Careen Our Way Down the Slippery Slope
Is anyone surprised that HGTV recently featured its first “throuple,” in this case, a man and two women? But what else should we expect? This is the inevitable direction of our society’s slippery moral down. The avalanche goes downward, not…
American Communists Call for a Violent Takeover.. and the American People are Ready for Them
It is uncomfortable to face violent threats. We endure that discomfort because it is better to face them than run from them. Communists in the US have flocked to Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign, and the things they want to do…
Is America “the Evil Empire”?
2 Movie director Oliver Stone told the television program Russia Today that America is now “the evil empire.” This is in reference to President Reagan’s famous remark in the mid-1980s that the Soviet Union was “the evil empire.” Reagan got a lot of flak…
Fantasy Socialism Versus Real Socialists
We are not all the same. In fact, we differ in every measurable way. We measured the psychological leanings of people on the left and right sides of the political spectrum. What we have not done very well is map…
UN, UK Treating Persecuted Christians as “Enemies”
The United Nations Refugee Agency appears to be committed to blocking persecuted Christians from receiving any assistance. According to a recent CBN News report: Christian Syrian refugees … have been blocked from getting help from the United Nations Refugee Agency, the…
The Trump Train Rolls Over Democrat Roadblocks
As 2019 ends, the positive economic news regularly astounds financial experts. The stock market continues to reach new highs, while unemployment is at a historic low level. Consumer confidence is soaring, and Americans spent record amounts for the Christmas season.…