Here is an example of the best (utilitarian) argument against magazine capacity restrictions: The burglar, whom police identified as Paul Ali Slater, did a room-by-room search of the home, and when he reached the attic, she was ready. Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told WSBTV: ‘The perpetrator opens that door. Of course, at that time […]

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Why the fuck is it so hard for so many people to understand the very simple phrase “Congress shall make no law”? The San Francisco Chronicle: It isn’t only stronger gun-control laws needed to remove the sickness in America that has caused so many Columbine-like tragedies in the past 13 years. We also need a […]

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Here is what we got from the supposed victory that is the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012”: The question, now that we’ve finally hiked taxes on the rich (and doesn’t everyone feel better knowing that life is that much fairer?), is: How are we going to continue paying for the government we’ve been promised? […]

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Seriously? A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. The problem? Blaer, which means “light breeze” in Icelandic, is not on a list approved by the government. Like a handful of other countries, including Germany and Denmark, Iceland has official rules about […]

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The little people get rightfully jailed everyday for leaving their children in a car unattended. But if you’re one of our heroes in blue, you can do it and only worry about a couple of weeks without pay. The Republic: Kim was among several youths rounded up in March 2011 after neighbors complained about a […]

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It turns out that the food nannies have it all wrong. The Independent: Being overweight can extend life rather than shorten it, according to a major new study that runs counter to widespread medical assumptions and years of warnings about the fatal implications of Britain’s expanding waistlines. It sounds too good to be true, coming […]

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Wait a second. How is it that a bill 1) no one is happy about; 2) raises taxes substantially on virtually every working American; and 3) doesn’t address ANY of the long term debt and spending issues in DC be considered a victory? Only in DC can everyone getting fucked be a good thing.

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The Bill of Rights is not a buffet from which one can pick and choose what they like and leave what they don’t. A few days ago CNN host Piers Morgan got into it with the head of a gun-rights group. Now more than 87,000 people have signed an online petition demanding that Morgan, who […]

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Frontpagemag.com with a damning, statistics driven editorial on gun violence in America: Chicago’s murder rate has hit that magic 500 number. Baltimore’s murder rate has passed 200. In Philly, it’s up to 324, the highest since 2007. In Detroit, it’s approaching 400, another record. In New Orleans, it’s almost at 200. New York City is […]

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My lost dog, in bitter cold and snow, has turned this mad libertarian guy in to a sad libertarian guy.

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