When The State Fails its People

Early last year, HBO offered up a new, expanded version of The Godfather I & II. Building on the idea behind the 1977 Godfather Saga, which presented the original two films in chronological order with some deleted scenes added back, the Godfather Epic runs a bit...

Facts and Opinions

Despite the epic wipeout of the Democratic Party these past six years, despite the repudiation of progressivism that it represents, and despite the election of the Untethered Orange Id to the Presidency, the Left’s self-certainty remains unshaken and its...

Trumpkins and Trumpism

Donald Trump’s tweeting ways continue unabated, with some such commentary offered during James Comey’s address regarding hacking to a House panel. Trump’s behavior is by now so commonplace that we are no longer surprised or outraged by this...

Bootstrapping Authority

Socialized medicine advocates argue their case from angles both moral and practical. Their moral case, that civilized societies take care of their weak and needy, suffers from two major flaws: it conflates “society,” i.e. you and me and that which we do...

Gun Rights Lesson #282 – No Buy Lists

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is one of a series of articles on gun rights. Each addresses a common anti-gun trope. “If you are on a no-fly list, you should be on the no-buy list!” Two of the many lists the federal government maintains are the No-Fly List,...