From Beretta: 1301 Tactical: Ultimate Reliability for Home-Defense, Law-Enforcement The 1301 is Beretta’s new gas operated semi-automatic shotgun designed for law-enforcement and home-defense. Engineered to be ultra-reliable and easy to use, it has all the features that a modern tactical shotgun should offer—and more. And thanks to its compact size (barrel length: 18.5”), it is […]
Right to Work in Wisconsin
On Monday Governor Scott Walker signed legislation into law making Wisconsin the nation’s 25th right-to-work state. Now in Wisconsin, no one can be forced to pay union dues. Walker said “This freedom-to-work legislation will give workers the freedom to choose whether or not they want to join a union, and employers another compelling reason to […]
Remembering Buddy Holly
Singer Don McLean says Buddy Holly should be left in peace: Many years ago I performed at the Surf Ballroom, in Clear Lake, Iowa, which was the last stop on Buddy Holly’s final tour. He was killed in a plane crash in 1959 that also took the lives of singers J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and […]
VIDEO: Young Gun – Katelyn Francis
Originally posted October 30, 2013. Not too many 14-year-old cheerleaders pose for their Homecoming pictures with their own AR-15 in hand. Meet Blair Oaks freshman, Katelyn Francis as she competes in a “three-gun competition,” which requires participants to speed through an outdoor course while engaging targets with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol.
Hot Debate over Defense Budget
Matthew Fay writes that the debate in Washington over the future of the defense budget is acrimonious and points readers to some interesting analysis on the subject. Even as another arctic blast hit the Beltway this week, the debate over the defense budget remains hot. Here are a few articles on the issues shaping that […]
Lincoln: Malice Toward None, Charity for All
From President Lincoln’s second inaugural address, delivered 150 years ago on March 4, 1865: One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the […]
Grateful Dead: “Fare Thee Well”
The Grateful Dead’s “Fare Thee Well”: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” comes to Chicago’s Soldier field this Summer. From the WSJ: The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will be joined at the “Fare Thee Well” concerts by Phish’s Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby. Online tickets to […]
Battle for the Defense Budget: Niskanen Weekend Reads
Matthew Fay at Niskanen Center writes: A battle over the defense budget is heating up in Congress, as the House Budget Committee appears set to put forward a resolution maintaining defense spending levels in line with Budget Control Act spending limits. Outside of Congress though, debates are taking place that could influence the size and shape of […]
Niskanen Center’s Weekend Defense Reading
Matthew Fay at the Niskanen Center focuses your attention on some essential reading for this weekend. With the President’s Day holiday and the “epic” snowstorm that hit the Beltway this week, it was a somewhat slow week in the defense policy world. That, of course, does not mean the week was bereft of events, but […]
The Jihadis at Home
NPR explains the dangerous trend of jihadi recruitment in Muslim communities in the United States. ISIS has been luring thousands of Westerners to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq. The number of Americans who have traveled to Syria is still relatively small — in the neighborhood of 150 people — and a thin slice of […]
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