Another ominous occurrence in a sea of them, letting us know that Antifa’s closest relations are the Brownshirts, with the Orwellian twist that Antifa bills itself as being anti-Fascist: An Oregon photojournalist who covers Portland’s frequently violent protest scene was … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a lot of back-and-forth in the comments of this post about the relation between violent crime and religious belief. One of the comments was by Richard Saunders, and it went like this: If I don’t believe in … Continue reading →
There’s been a brouhaha in Germany over the wearing of the skullcap by traditional Jews: At the weekend, Felix Klein, the country’s commissioner on anti-Semitism sparked uproar when he said in an interview with the Funke regional press group that … Continue reading →
The alleged killers had been in detention in Maryland, but that state doesn’t have a policy of cooperation with ICE’s requests to turn illegal immigrant offenders over for possible deportation. Thus we have this: Last week, police arrested two teenagers, … Continue reading →
Another terrible school shooting in Colorado ended yesterday with a toll of one student dead and eight students wounded. This particular shooting was one of a subtype in which there were two perpetrators (I don’t know yet whether it fits … Continue reading →
(1) An armed man (an off-duty border guard) and an Iraq War veteran both charged the shooter and may have helped prevent further carnage. (2) The shooter was a white supremacist, yes, but he hated Trump for Trump’s support of … Continue reading →
One person has been killed and three are hospitalized with what is described as non-life-threatening injuries when a man entered a San Diego Chabad synagogue during services on the last day of Passover and opened fire. The mayor of San … Continue reading →
If you go into politics, you should expect to be criticized. And if you say something in a speech or an interview, that statement is fair game. Or at least, it used to be that way. One thing Americans didn’t … Continue reading →
Here’s Sebastian Gorka on Ilhan Omar and some other freshman Democrats in the House: Behold the face of the Democratic Party: minority, young, and racist. This is the fruit of identity politics. Be it Omar, who is on the cover … Continue reading →
I really don’t see how this reaction will have any real effect on curbing violence: The estimated quarter of a million gun owners across this largely quiet, peaceful South Pacific country, many of them dedicated hunters, are bracing for what … Continue reading →
Ever since the news of the New Zealand mosque killings, I’ve been wondering how the killer was stopped and captured. Various rumors have gone around, and I suppose that this story might be just another one, but it seems pretty … Continue reading →
A terrorist mass murderer went on a shooting spree in two New Zealand mosques, killing 49 people. He left a lengthy manifesto, and even livestreamed the attack. This event is extremely terrible in human terms. But in terms of firearms … Continue reading →