Here’s an interesting article about how it might have been a good thing had the attendees at the Bible study meeting in Charleston been armed. That’s not just a fanciful thought; mass murders, even mass murders at churches, have been … Continue reading →
Here’s an excellent post by Bookworm. Time’s a wasting.
Continue reading →In my continual quest to solve the Problem of How to Peel the Hard-Boiled Egg (see this and this), today I discovered this video (embedding disabled; you’ll have to use the link), which purports to show you how to peel … Continue reading →
While thinking about my PJ post on Obama’s comparison of mass murders and gun control in the US to the same phenomena in Europe, it occurred to me that part of what Obama has done during his presidency is to … Continue reading →
I have a new article at PJ on Obama’s push for gun control in the wake of the Charleston murders. [ADDENDUM: Obama keeps pressing gun control in the wake of Charleston. As I wrote in my PJ article, “in the … Continue reading →
…down the slippery slope of euthanasia.
Continue reading →After all, it’s probably the worst cyber-breach the U.S. has ever experienced, as Megan McArdle points out. And yet if you were to do a survey of most of your friends on the matter, many of them may be unaware … Continue reading →
Commenter “rickl” writes: [Dylann Roof] shot old women praying in a church while talking about “black rape”. If he was really so upset about it, then why didn’t he go after young male gangbangers in the hood? Answer: Because he … Continue reading →
And I don’t think they care. Just the narrative, Ma’m, just the narrative. Case in point: how many times, in how many places, did you read that Roof’s father gave him a gun for his 21st birthday, which occurred in … Continue reading →
Will people call for stricter drug laws as a result? I doubt it. But drugs seem to have been very important in Roof’s life: A high school classmate of Roof’s, John Mullins, told The Daily Beast that the accused white … Continue reading →
…wears earplugs when he races. Why? Because he’s sensitive to noise. And so he was wearing his earplugs when he made history on June 6 by being the first Triple Crown winner since 1978. I don’t follow horse racing much, … Continue reading →
Nine worshipers, including the pastor, were murdered at a historic black Charleston SC church yesterday during a prayer meeting. The shooter, 21-year old Dylann Storm Roof, had recently been arrested by authorities on drug charges. The shooter was white and … Continue reading →