Kevin O’Brien Monthly Archives: June 2014 A post at Extrano’s Alley reminds us that we’ve been remiss in following up the issues with a Georgia SWAT wrong-house raid that left a child hovering near death for days. The Stranger quotes a gut-wrenching paragraph from an article by the kid’s mother, in Salon: I heard my baby wailing …
Monthly Archives: April 2014 The SEALs are being driven out, in part, by Navy leaders’ relentless social-issue focus. Not just SEALs either, although the original message, posted to US Naval Institute discussion board by a serving officer, noted that the SEALs have just had their worst retention year ever, with most of the naval special operations element’s junior …
Monthly Archives: February 2014 Now, it’s true that DC is kind of a world apart, a world where there’s been no recession and nobody works for a living. They’re just all collecting some kind of no-show or low-show government handout or another. But even though they might be bums, we’ve never questioned their right or …
Monthly Archives: December 2013 This 1980s miniseries is a marathon of a soap opera, based on three staggeringly successful novels by historical novelist John Jakes, that uses two fictional families and their intertwined fates to tell the story of the American Civil War. The boxed DVD set comprises the three miniseries that begin when young …
Monthly Archives: November 2013 Eddie Hoffens, from Facebook. Meet David Hoffens, and Edgar “Eddie” Hoffens, the way the Manchester, NH, police and courts did: David Hoffens pleaded guilty last month to threatening to kill his brother, Edgar, then pulling out the telephone lines so his brother could not call police. The younger Hoffens was given …
We can relate to the natural desire of people to put states in rank order of CC friendliness, having gone from a state with one of the worst concealed carry climates (MA) to a couple of states with much better records. Not surprisingly, the states with high crime where gruesome murders are in the news …
Monthly Archives: September 2013 If you read this blog (boy howdy, is that a dumb-ass opening or what? Of course you read this blog, or, well, you wouldn’t have read that) then you are aware that we’re not fans of David Guth, the KU professor currently enjoying an unscheduled, but paid, vacation for calling for the …
We’ve suggested the Firedoglake live-blogging of the Ickle Bradley trial. But if what you want is just the raw trial transcript with no external spin, you can get a reasonable facsimile of that from the Freedom of the Press Association, which is helpfully making unofficial transcripts as they go. Despite very limited cooperation from the …
Monthly Archives: July 2013 In an online publication of the Denver University Law Review, Dave Kopel argues that Ancient Hebrew Militia Law, as described in the Book of Deuteronomy (a book considered canonical by Jews and Christians alike), is the forerunner of American militia concepts. He may be on to something. The Bible is the one …
Monthly Archives: April 2013 Here’s an industry story that ought to warm the cockles of your heart: outdoor-sports chain Cabela’s has benefited from the run on guns and ammo, but they’ve also instilled great loyalty in their customers. Result? Confounded industry analysts and soaring stock values. According to a newspaper based near their captive credit-card …