The Joy of Censorship

A neighbor of mine, a dyed-in-the-wool, active Democrat, mentioned during a recent discussion that people don’t understand that freedom of speech isn’t absolute. His is a valid observation on its face, but as always, context and particulars matter. He...

Safe Attacks on Dangerous Targets

I noticed something interesting about the press coverage of the San Bernadino shootings. Before any facts came out, before we found out that the shooters were Muslims and ethnically Pakistani and, before the talk of radicalization hit the news, the press was freely...

Doing… Something

The Left wasted absolutely no time pouncing on the most recent mass shooting horror in its zeal to punish the law abiding and undo the Second Amendment. Before we knew anything beyond the fact of a mass shooting situation in progress, Obama declared: there are some...

Euphemizing Mass Shootings

In comments made regarding the recent Planned Parenthood shooting, President Obama stated: I say this every time we have one of these mass shootings. This just doesn’t happen in other countries. This statement, being offered in Paris, less than three weeks after...

Why Does the Left Defend Islam?

Lately, it seems that the contortions exhibited by the Left in defending Islam and marginalizing the atrocities committed in the name of Islam are more incredulous and extreme than the acts of barbarity committed by ISIS. We have been perpetually reminded that Islam...