I have been following the work of Robert VerBruggen as he examines new research into the effects of gun control on violence. In my first installment, I showed you VerBruggen’s dismantling of the “gun violence index.” In the second installment, I highlighted VerBruggen’s examination of a research paper comparing laws in cities across America. Today, I’ll show […]
Archives for November 2016
World’s First Drone-Operated, Laser-Based Explosive Detection System
SpectroDrone is the world’s first sensor system capable of detecting explosives, Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other chemical compounds from a safe, standoff distance. Following extensive testing in the laboratory and in the field, Laser Detect System (LDS) Ltd. is unveiling SpectroDrone – the world’s first drone-based explosive detection sensor. Utilizing LDS’ laser-based explosive detection […]
Gen. Mattis: America Doesn’t Lose Wars, it Loses Interest
Jon Basil Utley, a friend of mine and publisher of The American Conservative, highlights the thoughts and ideas he gleaned from a speech by General James “Mad Dog” Mattis to the Jamestown Foundation. Mattis is likely to be America’s next defense secretary. Jon’s comments are in italics. –America doesn’t lose wars, it loses interest. –We […]
Buchanan: Trump Presidency Under Seige
It appears the media wants to stoke the fire of disunity, but voters didn’t elect Trump to back down from a fight. Pat Buchanan lays out how the Trump presidency will be besieged by the media. Among the reasons the hysteria over the Trump election has not abated is that the media continue to stoke it, […]
This Thanksgiving, Get Off the Internet and Talk Turkey
American politics has never been a dreamscape of considered, civil disagreement and wonky progress toward consensus. American politics and the American press have always been rambunctious, tendentious, and at times violent arenas, with warring papers and ideologies fighting viciously. At the founding of the nation, the populace was so whipped up with anti-Catholic fervor that […]
Leaving the Keys
Jeff Sessions Attorney General an A
The National Interest tells readers the Sessions appointment could be a historic appointment moving away from a PC straight judicial jacket. Jeff Sessions has compiled a record that suggests he will be a decisive and constructive leader of the Justice Department. Sessions is potentially a historic appointment, sending encouragement to law enforcement agencies not to […]
Shocking Upset in France Demolishes Polls
If possible, the French polls got their conservative primary election even worse than did America’s. Bordeaux Mayor Alain Juppé had been the clear leader. WSJ summarizes results: Less than a month ago, polls credited Mr. Fillon with less than 15% of the first-round vote. On Sunday, results from 9,347 of the 10,229 polling stations across […]
The Future of the Democrat Party
Where does the Democrat Party go from here? The Trump wave of support for a smaller government “of the people, by the people, for the people” that got him elected won’t disappear in four-years. The rise of Progressives—who are doubling-down on the big government policies which got them kicked out of not only Washington, D.C. […]
Mike Pence: Cheers and Boos—the Sound of Liberty
Here the National Review staff summarizes Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s response to the cast of Hamilton addressing him directly after he attended their show. Mike Pence’s response to the controversy surrounding the cast of “Hamilton” addressing him was spot on: “I nudged my kids and reminded them, that’s what freedom sounds like…I wasn’t offended by […]
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