Nugent in his new Wingnut Daily column: Imagine for a moment if the tables were turned and a Republican president had issued an order that permitted the killing of American citizens with drones. The...
Ugh. A majority of voters believe President Obama has been no better than his immediate predecessor, President George W. Bush, when it comes to balancing national security with the protection of...
My Tuesday column begins like so: Every time we travel by airplane, we have to endure a humiliating sequence of security measures. You know the routine. We’ve ostensibly done nothing wrong, and...
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The NRA outspends everyone else. The above chart compares expenditures by the NRA versus expenditures by several of the top gun control organizations. The spending isn’t even close. No wonder...
The president started the ball rolling, but it looks like California is taking the strongest action against guns. Here’s a sampling of the legislation’s provisions via ThinkProgress: 1...
The following exchange really happened on CNN. Anchor Deb Feyerick thought that perhaps global warming caused that asteroid to pass close to the Earth. Seriously. Because ‘meteor’ and...
My Monday column: Just when I thought it was safe to carry on a conversation on the left about various Obama administration policies, the phrases “same as Bush” or “worse than...
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How is the ‘good guys with guns’ myth working out in Central and South America? Despite the ubiquitous presence of “good guys” with guns, countries like Guatemala, Honduras...
In fact, Alaskans like the very unpopular Congress and the very Democratic Hillary Clinton more: Fifty percent said they have a higher opinion of Congress, while 34 percent said they have a higher...
The NRA controls the narrative. For example: A new Quinnipac poll finds that an astonishing 92% of Americans, including 89% of Republicans, support requiring a background check for all would be gun...
It looks like North Dakota will be the first state in the union where a woman won’t be able to have an abortion — for any reason. North Dakota has only one abortion clinic and has been...
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Yesterday: Michigan’s House Speaker has ruled out a forced ultrasound bill that would mandate transvaginal probes for women seeking abortions. Speaker Jase Bolger (R) confirmed in a statement...
This week’s questions. Answers here. 1) It feels like the momentum gun control advocates had after the Sandy Hook shooting is slowing. Thoughts? – Todd 2) A lot of people are already...
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This is getting really serious. ABC News reported that the federal government could be investigating Armstrong and could file criminal charges: According to the source, who agreed to speak on the...
This popped up in my Twitter feed via Driftglass: There were some US citizens who were members of the Waffen-SS, but no unit made up of American volunteers was ever raised (despite some claims about...
