My earlier post discusses the constitutional basis for gun rights. The important thing to remember about that is that the Second Amendment responded to a clear, historical need. In fact,… Read more The Politics of Guns and Fun →
GUNS IN AMERICA: PART ONE The Second Amendment: Our Constitutional Equivalent of a Vestigial Organ. The Second Amendment of the US Constitution is something like the appendix that homo sapiens… Read more GUNS IN AMERICA: PART ONE (The Constitution) →
We have somewhere around 500,000 sworn local law enforcement officers in this country. They have literally millions of encounters with citizens every day. So, when we see a North Charlotte… Read more Policing the Police: Rotten Apples and Occupational Cultures →
[NOTE: The culture wars are heating up again. So-called Christians and politic whores who bow before them are engaged in “the bathroom wars.” It is all a ton of… Read more Remembrance of an Earlier Battle in the Culture Wars: Same-Sex Marriage →
Thomas Edsall’s recent piece in the NYT documented in elaborate detail the deep disaffection of traditional Republican, conservative elites with Trump voters. Most notable, he quoted in detail from an… Read more The Puerile Wrath of Republican Elites →
The Quicken Loans Center where the Republican convention will be held this year does not allow individuals to carry weapons of any kind to large scale events. The interesting thing… Read more REPUBLICAN CONVENTION AND OPEN CARRY →
This is an ongoing email conversation between myself (Chas) and a knowledgeable friend (George) as we ponder the ins-and-outs of this presidential race. I will put George’s contributions… Read more Two Guys Just Talking Politics →
Apologies, sort of. This is an updated portion of an earlier post “Trump, Carson, and Cruz! Really??? Here is Why.” I wrote this earlier post on September 2,… Read more Trump’s Appeal Redux →
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