The title of Eugene's post, “We Affirm, But Only Because We Are Unable to Write a Principled Opinion Reversing,” sucked me in. You've got to admit, it's a great line. The post is about a Wisconsin decision concerning whether the a defendant must be informed that his plea will result in the loss of his Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. [More]Wouldn't it be better if we made it...you know...a surprise?
Gun god: The House pays homage by blessing a lethal bill [More]
That line of thinking represents the very worst instincts of the tinfoil malcontents.
The HSUS Calls for End to NJ Bear Hunt [More]Of course they do. And I'll bet they even have a "study" to back up their demands.
New study shows that conflicts with bears have been steadily decreasingOne thing about that study author and his methods, though:
Firstly, the plan promotes a report by Dr. Edward Tavss that centers on the field of wildlife management even as Tavss admits that his area of expertise is bio-chemistry. It's similar to a foot doctor reporting on matters of the heart while portraying to his patients that he has the expertise of a cardiologist. Furthermore, the report lacks peer review, a process used by scholars to ensure the integrity of published work related to a particular field of study. The issue here is the absence of credibility.
His description of being taken in handcuffs to a psychiatric ward that night suggests the nation's largest police force could have a vindictive underbelly. He claims that cops risk retribution when they try, as he did, to blow the whistle on supervisors' faking of crime statistics to make the stats look better. [More]Now that can't be true--as I understand it, it's always only "a few bad apples." Especially in Furious Mike Paradise.
Over four times more representatives than the hissy-fitters can muster assess that's what their constituents want. And it's the mean old NRA's fault. Bitterly clinging to our prohibitions and controls, are we?Today's Gun Rights Examiner column notes those who attack our rights would rather we withdraw than fight.
Still, the prize for clueless on this one goes to the astoundingly misnamed Patriot-News Editorial Board...[More]
Washington was aware of that shortcoming and from his headquarters in Fredericksburg (Patterson, New York) he had the following order issued to the army on October 11, 1778...[More]