ABOUT RETRAINING POLICE…
A couple of posts back, we had a guest essay by one of our regular commentators. Much of what I’d have said has already been posted by other commentators, so I’ll be fairly brief.
The...
FERGUSON PART III: THE FIRE THIS TIME
“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 have to be hermits not to know what happened in...
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN SPEAKS
Mark Walters’ nationally syndicated radio show and podcast, Armed American Radio, is one of my favorites. I’m a regular listener and an occasional guest. This past Sunday night, after Mark had completed one of...
AND NOW, FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT…
Among other things, regular readers here know that (A) I don’t usually host guest blogs and (B) as sort of the “resident cop” in the Backwoods Home writers’ stable, I frequently visit criminal justice...
ON A SAD ONE MONTH ANNIVERSARY
It has been a month since the atrocity in Florida that triggered so much legitimate national grief, and so much misdirected anger and hatred. Here are some profound words from a victim of a...