Category — For The Record

Boston – National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw. Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement.   Read the rest of this entry »

Black Man Kills White Man Because He Was There.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Eurocrats are at it again. Not content to enforce laws with, you know, police, the European Union, according to The Telegraph, is now considering a proposal that would fit new cars with cameras that could read road speed limit signs and automatically slow the car down to the posted speed limit. This proposal is apparently designed to reduce the 30,000 people who die each year in auto accidents on European roads. Naturally, this would make make virtually impossible the practice of motorists speeding just up enough to pull over to the next lane so as not to miss that last exit to Stuttgart – and one ends up in Heidelberg, instead.   Read the rest of this entry »

The summer of 2013 is winding down, which means only one thing – it’s time to start thinking about the 2016 presidential election. God knows the potential candidates are thinking about it.   Read the rest of this entry »

This s a synopsis of the second chapter of Richard Weaver’s Ideas Have Consequences prefaced and intermingled with some thoughts from this reader. That’s the thing about a great book, it’s thought provoking. This is the third in a series of posts about this important book.   Read the rest of this entry »

Most Americans probably do not understand the scope and scale of the NSA's data collection efforts. If they did, they would understand that these numbers are almost statistically insignificant. If the abuse of power and lack of oversight documented in this article in the Washington Post, can be termed "insignificant."   Read the rest of this entry »

Restaurants are particularly vulnerable to the depredation whose unaffectionate nickname is Obama Care. Their profit margins are slim. If they offer a health care benefit, it is unlikely to pass the “essential benefits” test imposed by Obama Care. According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, complying with the mandate will likely be more expensive.   Read the rest of this entry »

Recently, some fast food workers in New York and other cities went on strike for a day, calling for an increase in the minimum wage to $15. In some cases, that would nearly double the hourly wages of many of those workers. Of course, we’d be completely shocked to learn that much of this was being supported and underwritten by the delightful folks at S.E.I.U. (Seriously Economically Illiterate and Unaware). As quoted in the New York Times, Mary Kay Henry, the S.E.I.U. president, said, “Our union’s members think that economic inequality is the No. 1 problem our nation needs to solve.”   Read the rest of this entry »

A perspicacious thought from Powerlineblog. You be the judge as to it's merits.   Read the rest of this entry »

I’m honored to have been considered influential by no less than two of what I consider the best conservative bloggers out there. Bob Mack and Steve over at Motor City Times. Thanks guys.   Read the rest of this entry »