The 9th Circuit issued a decision last week in the case of Young v. Hawaii. I’m not going to mince words; it is abysmally, intellectually, and philosophically devoid of any redeeming qualities. Well, that is not entirely accurate… Justice O’Scannlain’s stinging dissent makes for some interesting reading. Okay… bottom line up front: The Young case...
There is a tremendous amount of hyperbole that civil rights groups use to pursue their first and foremost mission: fundraising. This is not limited to the “gun rights groups”. We see it in literature promulgated by immigrant rights groups, business and finance groups, LGBTQ rights groups, gender equality groups, animal rights groups… and, of course,...
Well… I have been “unfriended” from a longtime “friend” on Facebook. Evidently he did not take kindly to my responding to his post that we should “…all be reporting to the authorities on our friends and families who are articulating ‘extremist’ views.” (His articulation of extremism was to reference those who voted for President...
Professionalism at Arms, Part Deux The fire crackled loudly causing me to lift my eyes from my copy of Dante’s Inferno and glance toward the hearth. “Concerned that the Seventh Plane of Hell is opening its gates for you, Captain?”, the Major said from his chair with a chuckle. “I believe that, in the final analysis, my...
Professional”ism” at Arms If you have taken any classes with me, or listened to my missives, you may have heard me refer to the concept of Master-at-Skill-at-Arms. A number of people have commented on this term and the vaguely archaic nature of the way it sounds. Master-of-Skill-at-Arms is indeed an old concept, predating the invention of...
Dear Reader… Apparently I am an “extremist”. I did not seek out this moniker; it has been foisted upon me by our regime and its harpies. What is my egregious threat to the Republic? I believe in individual liberty and an originalist Constitutional construct. Sac re bleu! Here are some other examples of famous “Right-Wing Extremism”: “Of...
Over the last week I have received a ton of emails and phone calls about HR 127. This is understandable, as the bill itself is an extraordinarily egregious abrogation of a slew of our Constitutional rights. I’ll use this space to go over some of the more “interesting” aspects of it but, in the end,...
Some challenges for the Democratic Party are presenting themselves on Inauguration Day. These are fairly big-ticket items and do require a fair degree of pondering by all of us as we lurch forward toward a “more perfect union”. As I have mentioned before, the loss of the presidential election by Donald Trump was a maelstrom...
It is Friday, January 8th, around 11 o’clock in the morning, and I now have to write a blog that I sincerely wish I never had to write. Some of this may be rambling, and for that I apologize. There are many important thoughts going through my head right now, some anecdotal, others somewhat profane...
The Most American of Things… On Friday of last week we paused to have the somber reminder that 19 years had passed since the horrific events of September 11th. There were, of course, the usual memes on social media, the speeches, and the quiet moments of reflection. As was the case with all emotional tragedies,...
