The die-hard Trumpeteers don’t really care what DJT says. As he admitted earlier in the campaign, he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue, and they would still vote for him.… Read more Trump’s “Words” and Clinton’s “Actions”: A Distinction Without a Difference? →
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) →
Trump and mass shootings! He says all that was needed in Paris and California was ‘good guys with guns.’ He decries “Gun Free Zones.” 2015 report from Everytown for Gun… Read more Good Guys With Guns →
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 →
With the fear generated by terrorist threats, and some leaders calling for more boots on the ground, we need to think again about what that really means. We have seen… Read more Returning from War: A Rumination →
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 →