The massacre in Mexico
Here’s a thread to discuss the evil that occurred in Mexico on Monday. RIP.
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The mystery of the decline in crime
Why did crime fall precipitously in the 1990s? No one knows, but there’s no lack of theories. The one highlighted in that linked article seems incorrect to me. Increasing cell phone use wasn’t really that much of a factor until … Continue reading →
The spread of leftism
It seems to me that it wasn’t all that long ago when the vast majority of Americans believed that the sort of behavior seen on the streets of Minneapolis by “demonstrators” “protesting” the Trump rally would be completely unacceptable, and … Continue reading →
“The American people are exhausted by this”
The title of this post is a direct quote from commenter “Cornhead” today on one of the posts about the Ukraine phone call and its fallout. I don’t know about the American people, although I suspect Cornhead is right. I … Continue reading →
9/11 and the NY Times: the airplanes were the guilty parties
Here’s a tweet posted today by The New York Times that has since been taken down, probably because they got too much criticism for it: Eighteen years have passed since airplanes took aim and brought down the World Trade Center. … Continue reading →
9/11: eighteen years
Eighteen years is a long time. On September 11th of 2001, many of the people about to vote in 2020 hadn’t yet been born, and others were so young they don’t remember a time before 9/11. The attack has always … Continue reading →
Perception is all: sacrificing safety to give in to fear
I’ve often wondered why people would want gun-free zones. I’m not a big gun lover, but logic tells me that gun-free zones are uniquely vulnerable and a signal to criminals or mass murderers that the people within them have become … Continue reading →
The Epstein autopsy report
Suicide by hanging. I doubt anyone who didn’t already think that Epstein was a suicide will be convinced by the report. I already was leaning somewhat in the suicide direction and still am. But I also believe there was a … Continue reading →
JD Salinger caused the death of Lennon, right?
Of course he didn’t. But that’s something like the argument they’re using for El Paso and Trump. [NOTE: If you don’t know what I’m referring to, it’s this: Officers Steven Spiro and Peter Cullen were the first policemen to arrive … Continue reading →
Red flags redux
[NOTE: Since red flag laws are under serious consideration in the wake of various new shootings, I thought I’d recycle a two-year-old post on the subject, slightly edited. The post was originally written about Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, but … Continue reading →
Stop calling white supremacists “far right”
I notice it constantly, even at times on conservative sites: white supremacist groups are routinely referred to as “far right.” Maybe I’ve even carelessly referred to them that way at times in the past. I actually don’t know. But at … Continue reading →
Mass murderers and the politics blame game
The shooter was a Trump supporter! No, the shooter was a socialist! So many shooters, so much opportunity for politicians and pundit alike: In the case of El Paso, the murderer’s writings are anti-immigrant, but also apparently socialist in some … Continue reading →