In the past I have talked about two separate traits I feel are essential for anyone who owns a gun and/or carries it for defensive purposes: Mastery at Skill at Arms and Professionalism at Arms. One describes physical dexterity; the other one refers to psychological maturity. Typically when we talk about Professionalism at Arms...
The inside of the library had a tired look to it. Oil paintings were slightly askew and the occasional cobweb hung delicately from the faux gold edges of the gaudy frames. A threadbare Oriental carpet covered the majority of the ebony wood floor and a fire crackled invitingly from the fireplace. Over the fireplace...
“Washington, Nov. 12, 2022. Republican voters took back the House and Senate, showing their displeasure with the Biden Administration’s speed at eradicating the Corona Virus.” Expect that headline from most news outlets next November. This week we saw a dress rehearsal of it from the BBC: “Hundreds of Cubans take to the streets to protest...
July the Fourth, Two Thousand Twenty One Each year that I write this blog I get excited about the Fourth of July. Knowing the blog is published on a Wednesday, I typically check the calendar around the beginning of June to see what day the Fourth falls on that year. Six times a decade I...
Enlightenment is not always a positive experience. As we search for meaning in our universe, sometimes the very thing we seek turns out to be the greatest curse when we finally grasp it. This first happened to me in law school back in 1992. I entered the legal field essentially devoid of any understanding...
Hello, my name is Sandy Lieberman and this week I decided to hijack my husband’s blog. Many of you have met me before; some of you have not. For those of you whom I have not had the pleasure of seeing face to face, let me briefly introduce myself… I am an American. I am also...
West Point is a fort. Literally. It served as a military base along a strategic point near the Hudson River during the Revolutionary War. During that time General Benedict Arnold was in command of the garrison, which would lead to the ultimate betrayal of his comrades. Fortunately, his actions did not result in the...
“What is the most powerful piece?” This was a question my father asked me when I was a boy. I had discovered a chess set in our den closet and was anxious to learn to play. I could not have been much older than seven or eight, and the chess pieces were each like little...
“So ummmm… have you heard about the Supreme Court case?” “New York Rifle and Pistol v Corlett?” “Yeah… that one. Does that mean that we are all going to be able to finally get off-roster guns?” “Ummmmm… maybe a discussion is in order.” I have had numerous conversations over the last week that essentially started out like that....
On Thursday of last week, President Biden announced his “executive actions” on gun control. This is somewhat of a misnomer as he really did not issue any “executive actions”. The President… all presidents… are allowed to use executive actions when authorized by Congress during states of national emergency and when necessary to clarify executive...
