Something About Which Leftists, Localists, and Libertarians (But Probably Not Philosophical...
Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of the nomination of John Brennan to be head of the CIA--something that he did in order to "draw attention...
Thinking About Guns
Hidden Springs Lane. Guns have been in the news a lot recently. The dialogue, such as it is, is dominated by voices that seem...
The Budget: A Citizen’s Guide?
The Department of the Treasury recently released its “Citizen’s Guide to the 2012 Financial Report of the United States Government.” At 246 pages of...
Women at War
Women are now cleared for combat positions in the American armed forces, and for all the ladder-climbing that now allows. On January 24th, Defense...
The March for Life, Poetry, and ‘Epimethean Men’
“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” --Wallace Stevens
January 25, the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, will mark the fifth time...
It’s the Rights Culture, not the Gun Culture
As President Obama contemplates the political obstacles looming before the gun control agenda he announced on Wednesday, he might look closer to home for...
Glenn Beck Gives Utopia a Bad Name
So Glenn Beck has proposed his grandest scheme yet: the construction of separate planned community, literally built around (in terms of architecture and overall...
The Pickup Truck and the Tommy Gun
During the Republican primary, Newt Gingrich joked that “you can’t put a gun rack on Volt.” Newt was, of course, trying to identify...
Continuing to Argue Against Abortion
“Yet because the decision will not allow the question to remain silent, and yet sounds an ambiguous note as to how it would be...
Conservative Wisdom from an Original Radical
Last Friday, Tom Hayden, co-founder of the Students for a Democratic Society, principal author of 1962's Port Huron Statement (or, if you Big Lebowski...