ON RELATIVE VALUE OF LIFE

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In the last blog entry below this one, discussion of the Philando Castile incident led to some interesting dialog between two regular correspondents here:...

FERGUSON PART III: THE FIRE THIS TIME

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“No good ever came of mass emotion. The audience that’s easily moved to tears is as easily moved to sadistic dementia.”  -- P.J. O’Rourke   We’d...

MORE SANE RESPONSES TO ATROCITY

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Here’s what Newt Gingrich has to say about preventing more atrocities like the recent one at the Florida high school: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/02/16/newt-gingrich-after-florida-shootings-heres-practical-proposal-to-protect-our-children.html.   Of course, certain elements...

THE CASTILE SHOOTING

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There has been much discussion and outrage over the shooting of Philando Castile by police officer Jeronimo Yanez, particularly since the officer’s acquittal on...

FERGUSON PART V: WHY OFFICER WILSON WAS JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING AN “UNARMED” MAN

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Much of America, including CNN’s Attorney Sunny Hostin, can’t seem to grasp how Officer Darren Wilson could have been justified in shooting an ostensibly...