LESSON FROM A HELICOPTER CRASH

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In the blog entry below this, you'll see a retrospective on a helicopter crash a couple of years ago, with links to discussions on it at the time.  You'll also find what we didn't...

FRESH TAKES ON RECENTLY DISCUSSED ISSUES

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We’ve been discussing the “high capacity magazine controversy” here of late, and it’s good to see someone getting the message across in mainstream media.  Here’s what novelist/critic Stephen Hunter, one of the best writers...

TAKING CARE WITH MIDSUMMER OUTDOOR ACTIVITY

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So, here we are in the dead of summer. It’s a safe bet that “Backwoods Home” kinda folks are outdoor kinda folks, and whether it’s work or play, are gonna be out in the...

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 have to be hermits not to know what happened in...

REFLECTIONS ON FORT HOOD REDUX

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I’ve waited this long to comment on the latest atrocity at Fort Hood, to allow the investigation to play out. A few days prior to the incident, my friend and colleague John Farnam had...