What a horrible year it has been for mass murders of American law enforcement officers. First there was Oakland, California. Then Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Then Okaloosa County, Florida, proving that the danger isn’t limited to big cities. And now, four Lakewood, … Read more

Hope all y’all had as cool a Thanksgiving as I did. Significant Other and I spent it with my younger daughter, her husband, and their beautiful little girl – my first grandchild – who will soon hit her third birthday. … Read more

I don’t think it’s coincidence that Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving take place in the same month. I recently read “Hell’s Guest” by Col. Glenn D. Frazier. Frazier had been a conflicted mid-teen kid in the Deep South when he lied … Read more

The Holiday Season is coming quickly upon us. Let me step away from the grim current events that have been the focus of this blog lately, and try to start cultivating a little holiday spirit.  Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all of … Read more

Blog reader CM Smith noted in the comments section of my earlier entry on the Fort Hood horror, below, “Amazing timing to have latest American Handgunner Ayoob File cover the similar ‘Andy Brown’ case on a USAF base in 1994.”  … Read more