I have to commend you for trying, but maybe you didn’t get the memo. We’ve moved past facts and into feelings territory. The purpose of this blog post is to make readers feel like their indignation is righteous. Be amazed as Anna Merlan magically transforms the blunt Keith Lamont Scott was smoking in his car into a…

Open carry does not mean open brandishing. This is an easy mistake to make by people not familiar with gun laws. If you are carrying a firearm, you are not allowed to point it at anyone or use it in a menacing manner. You are also supposed to obey police officers, and any responsible gun owner will immediately tell an…

Rubber bullets, or impact/baton rounds, are typically a 37 or 40 mm impact projectile fired from a grenade round. They are impractical for daily carry, and difficult to wield. They are usually assigned and provided to specialty units for crowd control or SWAT operations. 12 gauge bean bag round are still in use in…

It doesn’t matter if it’s open carry or not, you have to drop a gun if a cop says to drop it. Open carry doesn’t mean you can point a gun at anyone or hold it when ordered to put it down.

In this case, they found a gun. The wife said there wasn’t one, but she was wrong. She also had known he had a gun because she had filed a domestic violence report against him before the incident and said he had one. Having TBI doesn’t mean you are excused from obeying a “drop the gun” order.

Supply and demand. How does it work?

Castro’s death gives Cuba a short window of opportunity to move away from totalitarian oppression. Raul could easily gain favor from the people, improve their lives and the economy by moving towards a more open and free system. The USA can offer the carrot of free travel and trade in exchange for freedom of the Cuban…

NATO has been operating on Russia’s doorstep for decades. Why wouldn’t Putin at least try?

Maybe if we give North Korea money, they will have free elections

I generally agree with lifting the embargo as I tend to think it will end up weakening the regime and eventually help Cubans, but the idea that we should just handwave the human rights issues because we have to in other places is ridiculous. At the very least there should be some concessions made by Cuba, just as…

You know, I have a close family friend who had to flee from Cuba when Castro came rolling through. The family that she still has in Cuba lives in squalor. She can’t bring money to them because the government takes it. I’ve heard her tell horror stories that she experienced first hand.

“religious and political freedom for the Cuban people. And the freeing of political prisoners.”

Trudeau’s wasn’t being politically correct. He genuinely admired Castro which is even more embarrassing.

Here’s the problem:

Your math doesn’t account for the increased payroll taxes, unemployment insurance.

It’s possible to care about other people while believing that a $15/hour minimum wage is not good economic policy.

No one likes to talk about the trickle up costs of this. As a business owner, if I have to pay a McDonalds worker $15/ hour, those costs need to be borne somewhere. Its either through automation (ordering kiosks to eliminate headcount) or increased product price. Who eats at McDonalds primarily? People making…

The $15 minimum wage idea is nice-sounding, but fraught with peril. It will escalate the drive for large corporations to automate and eliminate labor. Smaller businesses will go away in large numbers, and what will be unseen is the number of small businesses that will never open going forward.

I like how rural white that want manufacturing jobs to return are delusional, but people who want $15 an hour for unskilled labor are righteous.

“Will the recount give Clinton the election win? Probably not. Will not filing for a recount give you Autism? Who’s to say?” - Jill Stein