2013

“Gun Violence”: The “National Conversation” We Won’t Have

Thursday, January 31, 2013 “Gun Violence”: The “National Conversation” We Won’t Have Victim of state-inflicted gun violence: Jose Guerena, Jr. after seeing the dead body of his father.   Gabrielle Giffords, the “surprise witness” at the January 30 Senate hearing on gun violence, was among thirteen people attacked by a deranged gunman in the parking […]

“For Your Own Protection”

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 “For Your Own Protection” There is no situation that cannot be made instantly and immeasurably worse through police intervention. A splendid illustration of this principle is found in a recent ruling from the the Arkansas Court of Appeals. According to the court, police were entitled to arrest, taze, and beat a […]

The Stalinist in the White House

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 The Stalinist in the White House In the fashion of Caesar thrice refusing the crown even as he assumed dictatorial powers, tyrants will occasionally engage in self-aggrandizement disguised as self-deprecation. Barack Obama offered a moment of that kind last week when, in reply to a question about the budget sequester posed […]

“Ominous Threats” and Murderous Zeal

Friday, March 15, 2013 “Ominous Threats” and Murderous Zeal (A  shorter version of this essay was originally published at LewRockwell.com) “There are, in increasingly frightening numbers, cells of angry men in the United States preparing for combat,” warns an unusually strident house editorial by the Los Angeles Times. “They are usually heavily armed, blinded by […]

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