In The New Yorker yesterday, George Packer wrote “Two Minds on Syria.” It covers many of the issues in the current “should we or shouldn’t we” discussions about how to react to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. And at the risk of repeating what others have already said, I have a few things … Continue reading On red lines and war
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Ted Koppel writes that we have overreacted to terrorism, that we have done to ourselves what the terrorists could never have done. And of course I agree with him. I said the same thing two years ago. Koppel’s commentary apparently was prompted by the closing of US embassies across North Africa … Continue reading Twelve years later and still overreacting to terrorists
In the 98 days since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., there have been at least 2,243 more shooting deaths in the US. This interactive map, published yesterday by the Huffington Post, shows the names, dates, and places of those deaths. Appalling statistics. Senseless carnage in what is often said to be … Continue reading What price gun rights?
Until today, fladry was not a part of my vocabulary, but it certainly is now. Fladry, it seems, is one of the nonlethal methods Oregon ranchers are employing to keep wolves away from their cattle. I’ve written a lot about the battles in the West with ranchers, hunters, and outfitters pitted against conservationists and environmentalists. … Continue reading It’s fladry vs wolves in Oregon
Judging from the press list on their stylish website, I must be the last writer in the country to discover jewelry from The Caliber Collection. Nevertheless, I have to mention it because it’s such a unique idea, and if I could afford it, I’d have ordered one of these bracelets immediately. Not only are they … Continue reading I’d buy one in a minute
Prior to last night, I’d never heard the name Alex Jones, although I knew of his petition on the White House website asking that British commentator Piers Morgan be deported from the United States. Morgan, who for some inexplicable reason was given his own primetime show on CNN, has made some strong statements about the … Continue reading Alex Jones shows why we need more gun control
