Archive for April, 2011

William Rusher RIP

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

The former National Review publisher was A Great American. Personally, he helped me in a time of need while I was in college. I had made boorish, but perfectly legal, comments as a member of the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Cincinnati. The University, in all its enlightened support of free speech, [...]

Wisconsin Supreme Court is Broken

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Tea Party folks need to support Prosser given : I profile Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice of Wisconsin’s supreme court. From all appearances, she’s an activist judge par excellence. Besides arrogating to the court legislative powers, she’s trying to unseat her conservative colleague, Justice David Prosser, so her former intern, JoAnne Kloppenburg, can secure a liberal [...]

Am I (and Are You) a Domestic Terrorist?

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Seems some may think so: So how does a person qualify as a potential domestic terrorist? Based on the training I have attended, here are characteristics that qualify: • Expressions of libertarian philosophies (statements, bumper stickers) • Second Amendment-oriented views (NRA or gun club membership, holding a CCW permit) • Survivalist literature (fictional books such as “Patriots” [...]

Why Sane People Loathe PBS

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Because of this nonsense: Rolling Stone wrote another explosive story about Afghanistan: a small team of soldiers went on a murderous rampage in the south of the country, and the military leadership refused to stop it until a public outcry forced them to. The crimes are heinous: killing civilians, mostly unarmed farmers, cutting off body [...]