2015 archive
The Draw of the Draw 0
Shawn Huber tries to understand the lure of firearms. Here’s a nugget.
“Guns,” he said bluntly, “are a vice.”
Unlike speech, or assembly, or voting or other liberties in the Constitution, guns are for killing. That gives people, even nice people, a sense of power, a rush.
Cake 0
Cheesecake, that is.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Chris-Crossed 0
Mike Kelly tries to understand Chris Cristie’s bizarre game of “Have Cake, Eat It Too,” even as New Jersey’s bridges and highways crumble into rubble.
Christie says he would consider raising it – a major shift in political gears from his previously firm promises as governor not to raise any taxes whatsoever and his even more expansive pledge this summer as a Republican presidential candidate to never raise taxes at all – never, ever. But this latest twist by the governor-who-would-be-president comes with another twist.
One Nation, under Capital 2
At The Boston Review, Richard White reviews two books that attempt to trace the myth that the United States is “a Christian nation,” despite the blunt statements of the Founders to the contrary. Here’s a bit about the most recent incarnation of that myth; follow the link to read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
. . . and a polite society is a clean society.
Maybe it’s just me, but I used to make sure my rifle was unloaded before ramming the cleaning wad down the barrel.
Coathangers 0
It’s a Republican thing.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play with politeness.
The two then began to fight over the gun, and it discharged, hitting Baker in the chest.
Had both of them been packing, no doubt no one would have been hurt.
